Unemployed Spanish man drives car into ruling party's headquarters

Unemployed Spanish man drives car into ruling party's headquarters
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An unemployed Spanish man has been arrested after driving a car carrying gas cylinders into the headquarters of the ruling Popular Party in Madrid

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An unemployed Spanish man has been arrested after driving a car carrying gas cylinders into the headquarters of the ruling Popular Party in Madrid.

The incident happened early on Friday morning.

The driver, 37-year-old Daniel Pérez Berlanga, claimed that the explosives were going to go off within half-an-hour and blamed the government for his financial troubles.

The car did not explode and no-one was hurt. The area was immediately cordoned off and local metro stations closed while police examined the car.

El hombre detenido por #ataquesedePP atentaba contra todos los políticos porque "son iguales" http://t.co/p7O7Ly34Dwpic.twitter.com/7vl6jRlSoY

— La Provincia (@laprovincia_es) December 19, 2014

Police spokesperson Laura Garaboa said:“Two cylinders of butane gas were found in his vehicle, as well as a substance that is being analysed by police and explosives specialists.”

A government spokesperson said Pérez Berlanga was a businessman who had lost his properties. Residents in his home village of Teruel in north-east Spain said he was unemployed and had suffered from psychiatric problems.

Spain has more than five million unemployed – around a quarter of the population – and almost half of these have been out of work for more than two years.

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