At 16:30 got Police received a call from a person who discovered the suspicious object on the Palestinian mission at Rådmansgatan. It moves according to the police about a letter with some powder-like content.
– Someone called who discovered an object that they could not rule out that there was something dangerous, says Eva Nilsson, Communications at Stockholm police, to SvD.
The Palestinian ambassador , Hala Husni Fariz, told SvD that they responded to the letter looked “suspicious” out.
– We do not really know what it is, but to us it looked suspicious. It looked different from the letter we usually get. That’s why we contacted the police, she says and adds:
– We feel that we are in safe hands.
After the alarm arrived poliens bomb technician to the site . The property and the neighborhood around it was sealed off, but the police said it was not necessary to evacuate any of the residents of the property.
At 20 o’clock technicians had taken possession letter and transported it away. The content of the letter is unknown, but it should not move if any explosive or radioactive, according to police. The content will be analyzed.
– A preliminary investigation has been launched on illegal threats, said Police Director of Operations Jonas Fredriksson at a news conference, according to TT.
No one should have damaged and there is no suspect. Police would not say whether there had been any threat against the embassy.
The barriers lifted shortly.
According to SVT’s ABC, a similar letter with a powdery contents have been sent to the Palestinian consulate in Copenhagen in Denmark.
2012 was signed a host country agreement between Sweden and the Palestinian PLO, which controls the West Bank. This meant that the Palestinian representation in Sweden were given the same status as a traditional embassy.
A week ago, acknowledged the new Swedish government Palestine as a state.
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