德國銀行收到信件炸彈多家大行進入警戒

Police and prosecutors in Germany say a letter addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann was a fully-functional letter bomb.

Officials released a statement Thursday, but did not give additional details.

The bank's security personnel intercepted the letter Wednesday at the bank's headquarters in the city of Frankfurt.

The New York City Police Department said it had information on the incident and that the return address on the letter was the European Central Bank, which is the governing body for the 17-nation European currency.

Large banks in many countries have been put on alert. Anti-capitalist protesters around the world have been demonstrating against what they see as excesses of bankers and financiers. It was not immediately known who sent the letter which seemed to contain explosives.

Ackermann has headed Deutsche Bank since 2002 and plans to step down in May. Socialists have criticized the Swiss banker for his huge pay and for promoting high performance bonuses for bank managers.

Former Deutsche Bank CEO Alfred Herrhausen was killed by the left-wing terrorist organization the Red Army Faction in 1989.德國警方和檢察官說，一封寄給德意志銀行首席執行官約瑟夫.阿克曼的信件是一枚可完全引爆的信件炸彈。

有關官員星期四發表了一份聲明，但沒有提供進一步的細節。這家銀行的保安人員星期三在該銀行位於法蘭克福市的總部攔截了這封信件。

紐約警察局說，它得到了有關這起事件的信息，而且信封上的回郵地址是掌管17個國家使用的歐洲貨幣歐元的歐洲中央銀行。

很多國家的大銀行都進入警戒狀態。全球反資本家抗議者一直在就他們看來的銀行家和金融家的過份奢靡舉行示威。目前還不知道是什麼人寄出了這封好像裝有炸藥的信件。

阿克曼2002年以來一直執掌德意志銀行。他計劃明年5月卸任。社會主義者對這名瑞士銀行家所獲得的鉅額報酬以及提倡給銀行經理們發放業績獎金提出批評。

德意志銀行前首席執行官阿爾弗雷德·何豪森1989年遭到左翼恐怖組織“紅軍派”的謀殺。