GERMANY's Federal Criminal Police Office and the BfV domestic intelligence agency are warning of 'unconventional incendiary devices' being sent via air freight, reports Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
For several weeks, german authorities have been 'aware of several parcel shipments that were posted by private individuals at locations in Europe and caught fire on the way to their addressees in several European countries,' according to a security notice by security forces.
The security notice was sent to logistics and aviation companies, and a copy was obtained by the news agency.
Security sources said the warning is linked to an incident at the DHL logistics centre in eastern Leipzig, which acts as the company's global hub.
A parcel sent from the Baltic States containing an incendiary device is said to have caught fire there in July. The parcel is said to have set fire to an entire freight container, which also contained other parcels, but the fire was extinguished quickly.
Said Bonn-based DHL: 'DHL Express has taken measures in all European countries to protect its network, its employees and facilities as well as its customers' shipments.'
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For several weeks, german authorities have been 'aware of several parcel shipments that were posted by private individuals at locations in Europe and caught fire on the way to their addressees in several European countries,' according to a security notice by security forces.
The security notice was sent to logistics and aviation companies, and a copy was obtained by the news agency.
Security sources said the warning is linked to an incident at the DHL logistics centre in eastern Leipzig, which acts as the company's global hub.
A parcel sent from the Baltic States containing an incendiary device is said to have caught fire there in July. The parcel is said to have set fire to an entire freight container, which also contained other parcels, but the fire was extinguished quickly.
Said Bonn-based DHL: 'DHL Express has taken measures in all European countries to protect its network, its employees and facilities as well as its customers' shipments.'
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