25 January 2010 01:07 pm
The Indian embassy in Italy received an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a postage packet prompting stepping up of security at the mission, PTI reported. The packet which had the sender’s name as LTTE from Italy, was received at the embassy on January 20, ambassador Arif Khan said.
Indian external affairs minister S M Krishna described the incident as “a very serious development”.