Suspicious Object Found at German Chancellory, Harmless: Police

The office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been sealed off due to a suspicious package.

The office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sealed off earlier today due to a suspicious package, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

“We are investigating a suspicious package,” a spokesman for Germany’s Federal Police told Reuters.

A Reuters eyewitness said there were four plastic yellow postal crates in the cordoned off area.

Recently the police told Ruptly that the package was declared harmless.

Suspicious object found at German Chancellery declared harmless by police https://t.co/STMFelAgom #Kanzleramt pic.twitter.com/wRXe8ZMsra

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) January 6, 2016