Danish police confirm German embassy parcel was harmless

COPENHAGEN/BERLIN - Danish bomb squad experts were called Friday to the German embassy to investigate a suspicious parcel there but quickly determined that the package was harmless.

Copenhagen police said the specialists, aided by sniffer dogs, examined the parcel in the embassy yard and determined that the package was not dangerous.

The package, which had been “beeping suspiciously”, turned out to contain job application documents, a German government spokesman said. The parcel had been sent from a Danish address.

Embassy staff were able to continue their work, as the building was not evacuated.

The incident comes in the wake of heightened security after developments earlier in the week when parcel bombs mailed from Greece were sent to several addresses around Europe, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.