ISLAMABAD – Pakistani consulate in Australia has reportedly come undersuspicious chemical attack.
As per media report, Several foreign consulates – including the Pakistanimission- in major Australia cities were forced to evacuate on Wednesdayafter suspicious packages, marked with the word “asbestos”, were sent in aseemingly orchestrated but scattershot campaign.
Emergency services raced to a string of diplomatic facilities which hadreceived packages containing suspected hazardous material, all within thespace of a few hours.
There was no obvious pattern to countries targeted, with consulates of theUnited States, China, Italy, India, Japan and New Zealand suffering scares.
The packages were not believed to be dangerous, but police, fire crews andforensic teams were urged to use breathing apparatus as they documented anddouble- or triple-bagged the materials for further testing.
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Victoria Police said there was no threat to the public: “At this time webelieve the matter is targeted and not impacting the general community.”
Most of the sites — also including locations near the Spanish, Swiss,Egyptian and Pakistani consulates — were evacuated as a precaution buthave since been declared safe.
