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Man rams car into headquarters of Spain's ruling party

2014-12-19 3 Dailymotion

Police in Madrid remove the car used in an attack that triggered a security alert.<br /> <br />They say a 37-year-old unemployed Spaniard, describing himself as a ruined businessman, rammed the car into the headquarters of the ruling People's Party.<br /> <br />There were two gas cylinders inside, as well as bags of industrial fertilizer.<br /> <br />The driver was arrested, no one was injured, but bomb disposal units were called in as a precaution, and nearby metro stations were shut down.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JOSE ALVAREZ, MADRID RESIDENT, SAYING:<br /> <br />"On the radio they said he was a desperate man, a poor man, he's crazy."<br /> <br />Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy surveyed the damage at his party headquarters.<br /> <br />Police say the driver wanted revenge against Spain's political policy.<br /> <br />Opinion polls shows the nation's 25 percent jobless rate -- Europe's second-highest unemployment rate after only Greece -- is the number one concern for Spaniards.<br /> <br />Nearly half of Spain's jobless have been

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