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VIDEO: Police nab Madrid skyscraper bomb hoax suspect

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VIDEO: Police nab Madrid skyscraper bomb hoax suspect
Police cordoned off the building after the hoax call on April 16th. Photo: AFP

A man suspected of making hoax bomb threats, including to a Madrid skyscraper that houses several embassies, has been arrested, police said Wednesday.

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The unidentified man, who was detained Tuesday in Madrid for causing public disorder, is believed to have called the Australian embassy, located on the 24th floor of the 57-storey Torre Espacio or  Space Tower, on April 16th  claiming there was a bomb inside, a police statement said.

A video of the suspect being led away in handcuffs was posted on the Ministry of Interior twitter account:

 

The hoax call prompted police to evacuate the 235-metre (770-feet) high building in northern Madrid which also houses the British, Dutch and Canadian embassies.   

The man is also suspected of  a hoax bomb threat made to the Ecuadoran embassy in Madrid on April 11th. 

 He had been detained in the past for making a false bomb threat to a "German foundation" in the Spanish capital, according to police.

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