Swiss post office evacuated in mystery powder alert
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Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. A post office near the Swiss city of Zurich was evacuated on Tuesday after an unidentified substance was found in the building, with 20 people complaining of becoming ill, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Firefighters in protective suits wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. A post office near the Swiss city of Zurich was evacuated on Tuesday after an unidentified substance was found in the building, with 20 people complaining of becoming ill, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters in protective suits wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Evacuated employees of Swiss Post wait outside the Swiss Post center Muelligen in Schlieren, outside Zurich on Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
ZURICH (AFP) - A post office near the Swiss city of Zurich was evacuated on Tuesday after an unidentified substance was found in the building, with 20 people complaining of becoming ill, police said.
One of the 20 was hospitalised, but the substance was deemed to be inoffensive based on a preliminary investigation, police added in a statement.
Some 220 people were evacuated from the building in the Schlieren district north of Zurich.
The police were alerted after 8.15pm (4.15am Singapore time) that two letters containing a white powder had caused an itching sensation for some employees.
