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Canada embassy in Paris on alert Nosebleed triggers embassy alert
(about 1 hour later)
French police wearing decontamination suits evacuated the Canadian embassy in Paris after a suspicious letter triggered a security alert there. A suspicious package at the Canadian embassy in Paris triggered an alert when a staff member had a nosebleed shortly after opening the envelope.
The alert is now over as the mail was found to be non-toxic, a fire brigade spokesman told Reuters news agency. French police said initial tests showed the contents were non-toxic and that the alert was now over.
A female employee at the embassy fell ill after the mail arrived. It was not clear if the two incidents were linked. Officers wearing decontamination suits had evacuated the building in the centre of the French capital and closed off the Avenue Montaigne.
The embassy issued an alert for possible nuclear, radiological, bacteriological or chemical danger. The package contained a piece of tissue soaked in an unknown fluid.
Avenue Montaigne, where the embassy is located, was closed off by police. "We don't know what it was but it's not a toxic substance," said Florent Hivert, a spokesman for the Paris fire bridge.
He said the scare, which triggered an alert for possible radiological, bacteriological and chemical danger, was now over.
Reporters said the area surrounding the building, on one of the city's smartest streets, was blocked off and fire engines and police officers were present.