Merkel's office sealed off due to suspicious package: Police

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

January 06, 2016 / 15:02 IST

The office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been sealed off 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.

first published: Jan 6, 2016 02:24 pm

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