The US consulate in Berlin was evacuated after receiving a suspicious letter

German police were called on Friday to examine a suspicious message sent to the American Consulate in Berlin, but were given the green light after part of the building was evacuated.
A police spokesman said after the two-hour operation, “There was nothing harmful at all,” without revealing further details.

The suspicious message

The police said that the mail room at the consulate was closed and experts from the Forensic Institute of the Berlin State Criminal Investigation Office examined the letter.

The suspicious message was reported to the police at approximately 1155 am local time (1055 GMT).
Police ordered employees to evacuate the mailroom and cordon off the part of the building where it was located. Police said that work at the consulate continued as usual.
The American Embassy in Germany is located in central Berlin, next to its most famous landmark, the famous Brandenburg Gate, but the Consular Services Department is located in an annex in the southwestern Dahlem neighborhood.