Mysterious White Powder in Front of US Embassy in Sofia

Crime | November 26, 2006, Sunday // 00:00

White powder, spread in front of the Lozenets Hospital and the US Embassy in Sofia, raised the alarm of police and Civil Defence units on Sunday.

Eyewitnesses said they have noticed an unknown man with a rucksack spreading the mysterious white substance in tiny piles on the alley connecting the two buildings.

A Civil Defence Unit has been sent on the spot to clean the powder and to analyse it, the Ministry of Interior reported. Civil Defence official said the powder looked like flour.

Access to the spot is currently forbidden. Police are now tracking out the suspect.

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