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2 letter bombs shake Amsterdam, Kerkrade

No one injured in either explosion, say Amsterdam, Limburg police

Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak  | 12.02.2020 - Update : 12.02.2020
2 letter bombs shake Amsterdam, Kerkrade file photo

ANKARA 

Two letter bombs went off in two Dutch cities early on Wednesday, local police confirmed. 

One parcel exploded in the capital Amsterdam after being received in the mail room of a company in the northwestern area of the city, at 8.00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT).

None were injured in the attack, Amsterdam police announced on Twitter.

A second blast hit Kerkrade, southern-most province of Limburg.

"A letter package exploded at a postal sorting company on Wiebachstraat in Kerkrade around 8:30 am [0730 GMT]. No one was hurt," said the Limburg police on Twitter.

The building was evacuated and police investigations are ongoing, it added.

"It is still unknown whether there is a connection with the explosion of a letter package this morning in Amsterdam," said the Limburg police.

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