STOCKHOLM (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm was evacuated today after receiving a letter containing an unknown substance, police said.
Bomb disposal experts were sent to the embassy to remove the letter and analyze its contents. Streets around the embassy were closed but reopened after police had removed the letter.
Police declined to give details on the content, but police spokesman Daniel Granstrom told Swedish tabloid Expressen it contained some kind of “powder.”
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