Josef Ackermann, the chief executive of Germany's Deutsche Bank, was the target of a mail bomb sent to the firm's headquarters in Frankfurt, according to a senior U.S. law enforcement officer quoted by Reuters Wednesday.The device did not detonate and there were no reported injuries. Reuters said the package carried a return address from the European Central Bank's Frankfurt headquarters.
NBC New York reports that the NYPD has warned banks to be on their toes in the wake of the discovery of the package targeting Deutsche Bank.
Wednesday's news comes with a big weekend looming in Europe. The ECB is meeting on interest rate policy Thursday, while political leaders are gathering in Brussels for an EU Summit that will focus on the region's response to a sovereign debt crisis that could spread into the financial system and threaten major firms like Deutsche Bank and its ilk.