Greece Mail Bombs
Employees and accredited journalists of the Greek Parliament stand outside the building during a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. G...
Employees and accredited journalists of the Greek Parliament stand outside the building during a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Greece Mail Bombs
Police stand outside the Bulgarian embassy during a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another s...
Police stand outside the Bulgarian embassy during a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Mail Bombs
A police explosive expert in the van prepares for a controlled blast at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they ...
A police explosive expert in the van prepares for a controlled blast at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Greece Mail Bombs
Plain clothed police officers, right rear, prepare for a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek polic...
Plain clothed police officers, right rear, prepare for a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say small parcel bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens, and suspicious packages were detonated outside Parliament, the Bulgarian embassy and a courier company. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messsinis)
Greece Mail Bombs
A police explosive unit's van arrives at the Bulgarian embassy for a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have de...
A police explosive unit's van arrives at the Bulgarian embassy for a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece Mail Bombs
Police stand outside the Greek Parliament after a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another sus...
Police stand outside the Greek Parliament after a controlled blast in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Greece Mail Bombs
Plain clothed police officers, right rear, prepare for a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek polic...
Plain clothed police officers, right rear, prepare for a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say small parcel bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens, and suspicious packages were detonated outside Parliament, the Bulgarian embassy and a courier company. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messsinis)
Greece Mail Bombs
A police explosive expert, left, prepares a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say small p...
A police explosive expert, left, prepares a controlled blast at a private delivery company in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say small parcel bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens, and suspicious packages were detonated outside Parliament, the Bulgarian embassy and a courier company. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messsinis)
Angela Merkel's spokesman says that the suspicious package intercepted in the mailroom of her office was personally addressed to the German chancellor and "would have been able to harm people."
Steffen Seibert said that police were able to disarm the package that arrived at the chancellory midday Tuesday. He refused to give any further details.
German media have reported the package carried a Greek return address.
The package in Berlin came hours after small mail bombs exploded outside the Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens in attacks blamed on far-left domestic extremists
Greek police destroyed at least three more suspected bombs in Athens.
