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Suspect packages sent to diplomatic missions in Australia

The Italian consulate in Melbourne was among the diplomatic missions targeted

Australian police were investigating suspicious packages sent to more than a dozen foreign embassies and consulates in Melbourne and Canberra Wednesday, part of a seemingly orchestrated but scattershot campaign.

Within the space of a few hours after lunchtime, emergency services raced to a string of diplomatic facilities across Melbourne and Australia's capital that had received packages containing suspected hazardous material.

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