Explosive Found at Embassy in Rome
CNN reports:
Italian police were called to the Greek, Venezuelan and Danish embassies in Rome on Monday after suspicious packages were found there, authorities said.
The parcel found at the Greek Embassy contained an explosive, said Francesco Tagliente, the chief of police in Rome.
Officials were in the process of investigating whether the other packages contained explosives as well or whether they were harmless.
It was the second time in as many weeks that authorities have responded to reports of suspicious packages at embassies in the city.
"The alarm system has worked," Tagliente said. "Since this morning, all the embassies that had a suspected package alerted the police in enough time to determine whether the packages were dangerous and prevent any injuries."
Late last week, an anarchist group claimed credit for a pair of mail bombings Thursday at embassies in Rome, vowing in messages that it plans more such acts to "destroy the systems of domination," the state-run ANSA news agency reported.
Police said that the Informal Federation of Anarchists -- an offshoot of the Italian Anarchist Federation, or FAI -- claimed responsibility for attacks at the Swiss and Chilean embassies.
Tagliente said that Monday's packages were "certainly related" to the ones last week.
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