Australia: Suspicious Packages_资讯
five embassies in the australian capital were shut down on thursday after they received suspicious packages containing white powder.
australian emergency service personnel carry out a decontamination process after they investigated a suspicious package at the japanese embassy in canberra june 9.[photo]
police said that these embassies were the u.s., british, south korean, italian and japanese.
all the embassies that received the packages have troops in iraq, while australia is a staunch u.s. ally and among the first to join the war on iraq two years ago.
similar packages were sent to australia's department of prime minister and cabinet and parliament house in canberra, forcing part of the parliament building to be closed for the second time in a week.
a police spokesman told reporters that all seven packages are being tested. the packages sent to the british high commission and the italian embassy have already been cleared as harmless.
australian emergency service personnel carry out a decontamination process after they investigated a suspicious package at the japanese embassy in canberra june 9.[photo]
police said that these embassies were the u.s., british, south korean, italian and japanese.
all the embassies that received the packages have troops in iraq, while australia is a staunch u.s. ally and among the first to join the war on iraq two years ago.
similar packages were sent to australia's department of prime minister and cabinet and parliament house in canberra, forcing part of the parliament building to be closed for the second time in a week.
a police spokesman told reporters that all seven packages are being tested. the packages sent to the british high commission and the italian embassy have already been cleared as harmless.