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Zurich police give the go-ahead after a major operation at the French consulate. A suspicious item has been shown to be harmless.
Due to the operation, the school next to the French consulate is evacuated.
Photo: BRK
According to the police, the suspicious item is a plastic bag.
Photo: BRK
A drone is also used.
Photo: BRK
There was a large-scale operation at Signaustrasse in Zurich’s 8th district on Friday afternoon: several police specialists, two ambulances and forensic experts were called in. they were there because the French consulate had reported a suspicious article. A drone flew over the street during the operation.
The suspicious item was a plastic bag, as police spokesman Marco Cortesi says. There was nothing dangerous about it. The police gave the go-ahead after 1:30 p.m.
A “gift” for the president
The bag was said to have been delivered by a woman at the consulate that morning, with the note that it was for the French president. Later, the police unleashed the operation. A school and a nursery adjacent to the building were also affected: 200 adults and children had to be evacuated. The woman is still being sought.
The greatest effort is related to recent incidents in Nice to see, says Cortesi. Therefore, bomb deactivators were also used. France currently has the highest level of terrorism warning after three people were killed in a knife attack on a church in the southern French city on Thursday. It is said that the murderer shouted “Allahu akbar” – God is great in Arabic.
