Canberra, Australia – Australian police launched a criminal investigation after the U.S., Israeli and British embassies were sent packages containing white powder, forcing evacuation of the Israeli and American missions.
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“We are treating all three as linked until we can prove otherwise, given they were received on the same day, and a crime scene has been declared,” a police spokesman said.
Tests on all three powder packages found they were harmless, police later said.
The Israeli mission, was the first to receive a powder package, followed by the U.S. embassy nearby. The British mission was not evacuated after powder was received there. [Reuters]