US embassy in Stockholm evacuated over terror fears

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The US embassy in Stockholm was evacuated on Wednesday over a possible security incident.

17 October,2012 04:20 pm

According to a spokesman for the mission, a suspect envelope had sparked the scare.Weve evacuated the embassy while we are investigating a possible security incident, embassy spokesman Jeff Anderson said.We are working together with the Swedish authorities.Swedish police said on their website that a patrol had been dispatched to the embassy after a letter with unidentified content had arrived at the embassy.News agency TT reported the letter contained an unidentified white powder.