Spanish media group in Madrid evacuated due to suspicious package–spokesman

Spanish media group Prisa, publisher of the country’s most widely read newspaper El Pais, evacuated its Madrid headquarters on Wednesday after receiving a suspect package, a company spokesman said. AFP FILE PHOTO

MADRID–Spanish media group Prisa, publisher of the country’s most widely read newspaper El Pais, evacuated its Madrid headquarters on Wednesday after receiving a suspect package, a company spokesman said.

Police ordered the evacuation after a man delivered the package containing cables around two hours after an assault on the offices of a satirical weekly in Paris that left 12 people dead, El Pais’ communications director Pedro Zuazua told AFP.