US embassy in Stockholm evacuated

Oct 17, 2012 7:37 PM PHT

Agence France-Presse

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The US embassy in Sweden was evacuated over a possible security incident

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – The US embassy in Stockholm was evacuated on Wednesday, October 17, over a possible security incident, a spokesman for the mission told AFP, while police said a suspect envelope had sparked the scare.

“We’ve evacuated the embassy while we are investigating a possible security incident,” embassy spokesman Jeff Anderson said.

“We are working together with the Swedish authorities.”

Swedish police said on their website that a patrol had been dispatched to the embassy after “a letter with unidentified content had arrived at the embassy”.

News agency TT reported the letter contained an unidentified white powder. – Agence France-Presse