No letter bomb at post office

Tripoli: 10 January 2013:

An Interior Ministry official has denied claims that a package containing  explosives was found at the Tripoli main Post Office building in Algeria Square.

The official told the Libyan news agency LANA that following concerns about a suspect package, a bomb disposal team was sent to investigate. It turned out that the bag contained a set of documents and personal papers belonging to a Libyan national.

 

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