  Staff evacuated as U.S. embassy in Stockholm gets suspicious letter October 17, 2012 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The staff of the U.S. embassy in the Swedish capital left the building after a suspect letter was found and police are investigating, police and the embassy said on Wednesday, Oct 17, according to Reuters. A spokeswoman for the fire service said she had been told by police that a white powder had leaked out in the building, but neither she nor the police had further details. Spokesman Jeff Anderson said essential staff had left the building while police investigated. "We are looking into a possible security incident," he added. About 150 people were employed at the embassy, but not all were working at the time of the incident, he added. Stockholm police said in a statement on its website that a letter with unknown content had come to the embassy. Police and fire service staff had gone into the embassy to take charge of the letter, a police spokesman said. "Rescue service and police personnel are on the spot and are cooperating with embassy staff," the statement added. Partner news  Top stories If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Earlier, at least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned.   Partner news |  Latest news Oil prices go down ahead of Fed chief’s address to Congress  Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oil varieties, fell 20 cents to $103.71 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.Sony cuts sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones, tablets Sony trimmed its 2014-15 camera sales target to 1.3 trillion yen and now expects smartphone and tablet sales of 1.5 trillion yen.Hugh Jackman in "The Wolverine" action film trailer (video) The Marvel pic features Svetlana Khodchenkova and Rila Fukushima, whose appearances as Viper and Yukio are also teased.Google+ redesign for mobile web unveiled The search giant rolled out an image-centric design that resembles Pinterest's and Facebook's layouts. |
