16 Foreign Embassies in
Brazil Receive
Mysterious Green Powder
Brazil's federal police
on Wednesday collected
envelopes containing a
suspicious green powder
that were delivered to
16 foreign embassies
here.
The envelopes, bearing
Brazil's official stamp
and identifying the
nation's president as
the sender, were sent to
the embassies of
Denmark, Belgium,
Canada, Peru, the United
Kingdom, China, the
United States, Germany,
Italy, Iran, Palestine,
Japan, Bolivia, Saudi
Arabia, Syria and
Australia.
No one was harmed by the
mysterious powder.
The fire brigade's
hazardous substance
section, the bomb squad,
Special Police sniffer
dogs and the National
Nuclear Energy
Commission were all
mobilized in response to
the incident.
"A one-off operation for
this event was
undertaken, isolating
and containing this
dust. The material has
been picked up for
analysis," said
lieutenant colonel Alari
Garcia Jr, commander of
the fifth Brasilia
Military Police
Battalion. "For the
moment, no one has been
hurt or felt any illness
due to contact with the
material."
The Brasilia National
Criminology Institute
will publish its
analysis of the material
within 30 days, but for
the moment officials
said it was most likely
a prank.
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