SYDNEY, Australia — Several foreign diplomatic missions were evacuated in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Canberra on Wednesday after they received packages containing suspicious substances. Officials at the U.S. and Swiss missions in the city said they had also received packages. The ABC reported suspicious packages were also found at the Melbourne diplomatic offices of Pakistan and possibly those of Greece, France and Hong Kong. It was not immediately clear which other countries’ diplomatic missions in the national capital were affected, if any. The incidents come after Sydney’s Argentinian consulate was partially evacuated on Monday after reports of a suspicious substance.

Source: National Post January 09, 2019 04:27 UTC