Overview

• Investigators opened the case on July 10 after a homemade device was found outside the Catalan Tax Agency offices in La Seu d’Urgell and was neutralized by TEDAX without detonating.
• Police linked that incident to another device of different composition discovered on June 30 in the same town, which also did not explode.
• A court‑authorized search of the suspect’s home on August 21 uncovered several improvised explosive devices along with tools and components used to make them.
• Authorities report indications of repeat offending and an evolution in the suspect’s bomb‑making technique, and they note he has prior criminal records.
• The man was detained on August 20 and presented to the duty court on August 22 on alleged counts including public disorder, manufacture and possession of explosives, and breach of sentence.