Blasts in Athens embassies,harmful package for Merkel

Merkel was in Belgium when the package arrived in the mailroom of her office. Merkels spokesman,Steffen Seibert,said that it showed marks that indicated the possibility of explosives and the police were immediately alerted. Explosives experts continue to examine the package. German media outlets cited unspecified official sources as saying the package was personally addressed to Merkel and the Greek Economy Ministry was the return address.

The attacks in Greece began Monday when a mail bomb addressed to the Mexican embassy exploded at a delivery service in Athens. Authorities arrested two suspects. They were carrying mail bombs addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Belgian Embassy. The police detonated a fourth device found at a delivery company and addressed to the Dutch Embassy. The men were charged Tuesday with belonging to a terrorist group.

The explosions in Greece continued Tuesday with the detonation of a bomb in outside the Swiss Embassy. Soon after,a courier heading for another embassy became suspicious about a package and stopped at Parliament,where experts detonated a bomb. The police then found explosive devices at the Bulgarian Embassy and a courier company. A fifth bomb went off in the Russian Embassy.