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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Explosives sent to Merkel's right-hand man found at German finance   
   ministry   
      
   AN EXPLOSIVE-laden package has been found at the German finance   
   ministry in Berlin.   
      
      
   The package was addressed to Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.   
      
   Security services in the ministry's post office spotted the potentially fatal   
   package as it went through an X-ray machine, German newspaper Bild said.   
      
   The scan showed wires protruding from the package, it added.   
      
   German police confirmed the "suspicious package" contained explosives.   
      
   Police tweeted the package was found at 9.30am today and some employees had to   
   be evacuated from the building.   
      
   Experts said after an initial investigation the package contained so-called   
   explosives mixture which is frequently used to produce pyrotechnics.   
      
   Security services found the explosive device in the finance ministry's post   
   room   
      
   A statement said it was designed to cause "considerable injuries when the   
   package was opened".   
      
   Berlin Police, said: "A suspicious package was delivered to the German Finance   
   Ministry at about 9.30am today.   
      
   "According to our detectives a risk cannot be ruled out.   
      
   "Some finance ministry employees had to leave their rooms.   
      
   "The package was x-rayed and backed up."   
      
   The package was then taken to away from the site to the LKA building - the   
   State Criminal Police building - for further investigation by explosives   
   experts.   
      
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