Overview

• A delivery worker opened the package at a parcel shop in the Südstadt district and called police after coming into contact with a powder.
• The parcel was secured in a locked office at a precinct, then firefighters in chemical-protection suits moved it outside to take measurements that did not identify the substance.
• The item was sealed airtight in a special drum and handed to police for forensic analysis as investigators work to determine the material and its origin.
• The delivery worker and two officers reported respiratory and circulatory complaints and were transported to Hannover clinics for treatment, and responders decontaminated personnel and cleaned the station.
• The alert came around 14:45 with the operation concluding near 18:30, as Albert-Niemann-Straße was closed and about ten vehicles with 21 fire and rescue personnel were deployed.