It is the fourth parcel bomb in recent months blamed on the blackmailer, who has demanded €10 million worth of bitcoins from the parcel delivery service DHL. The approximately 15-centimeter-by-15-centimeter (6-inch-by-6-inch) package was found in the mailbox of the trade association in the Kreuzberg district last Thursday. German police have been hunting for one or more suspects ever since a DHL parcel containing nails, screws and explosive powder from Polish fireworks, was received by a pharmacy in the city of Potsdam, near Berlin, in December. A similar package was sent to an online retailer in the eastern city of Frankfurt an der Oder in November, believed to have come from the same source. Another parcel bomb linked to the extortion plot was delivered to a Berlin bank in January, containing a detonator and what appeared to be powder from fireworks.
German police defuse a parcel bomb in Berlin. It is thought to be the fourth device sent by a blackmailer targetting DHL.