Four more suspicious envelopes sent to Greek universities

Greek Police (ELAS) was on high alert on Thursday after four more suspicious envelopes turned up in Corfu, Volos, Crete and the polytechnical school campus in the district of Zografou, in Athens.

All parcels were addressed to local universities and appeared to have been sent from India.

A parcel of "suspicious toxicity" was found shortly after 11 a.m. at the post office in Corfu, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

The area around the post office was sealed off by policemen, fire fighters and teams from the Civil Protection authority.

Customers and employees who were inside the post office were placed in quarantine until authorities can establish whether the parcel contains a dangerous substance, the news agency said.

The suspicious envelope, which has not been opened, was addressed to the Ionian University.

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