Overview

• The National Police detained a man in Palencia as the alleged source of repeated bomb threats targeting the monument on August 12.
• Security staff received up to 20 calls that day claiming an explosive would be placed at the site and delivering racist and xenophobic insults.
• Police dispatched multiple units for about an hour to secure the area before confirming the threats were a false alarm.
• Investigators in Córdoba traced all calls to the same phone line, which enabled them to identify and locate the suspect.
• The detainee faces public disorder and hate crime charges, and a separate forensic report classifies the earlier August fire at the monument as accidental.