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Europe
German police discovers explosive parcel at Merkel's office
2010-11-03
(KUNA) -- A suspicious package sent to German Chancellor's office here on Tuesday proved to be a bomb, government front man Steffen Seibert said.

The parcel scanning center of the Angela Merkel's office suspected the package during a routine inspection, so they called in explosive experts who verified that the packaged contained black gunpowder.

The explosive package was safely defused an no one was injured, the front man said, noting that the issue is still under further investigations.

Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
the German daily Der Tagesspiegel reported that the package was delivered by United Parcel Service (UPS), with its return address being the Greece Economy Ministry.

The package was addressed directly to Chancellor Merkel, the daily added.
Posted by:Fred

#1  This AM: Greece stopped all airborne parcels headed overseas and screened thousands of packages Wednesday in an attempt to stop a spate of bombings
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-11-03 09:37  

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