Overview

• An unidentified white powder released inside a Hannover-Südstadt package shop prompted an emergency response after the handler opened the parcel.
• The handler and two police officers were taken to local hospitals with respiratory and circulatory symptoms.
• Chemical protection units from the Hannover fire department moved the package outdoors, conducted on-site measurements and performed a full decontamination of the police station.
• Samples have been sent to a police forensic laboratory for analysis after on-site tests failed to identify the substance.
• Authorities have reported no evidence of a wider public health risk and see no confirmed connection to the June Phoron exposure at the Langenzenn DHL center.