Suspect packages delivered to British Army careers offices in Britain this week are believed to have been sent by those behind a letter bomb delivered the Public Prosecution Service office in Derry and a similar package intended for a senior police officer in city.
Security has been tightened following an intelligence review after the threat to Britrish military personnel in England.
At least one of the parcels had a post mark in “Ireland,” security chiefs have said.
Last night, 10 Downing Street in London said the packages bore “the hallmarks of Northern Ireland related terrorism.”
Packages were sent to British armed forces recruitment centres in Oxford, Slough, Kent and Brighton.
The latest deliveries follow letter bombs sent to offices in Hampshire, Kent and Berkshire earlier this week.
Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a meeting of the Cobra emergencies committee to discuss the threat.
A Downing Street spokesman said: “Seven suspect packages have been identified as containing small, crude, but potentially viable devices bearing the hallmarks of Northern Ireland related terrorism.
“These have now been safely dealt with by the police and bomb disposal units.”
Last October, dissident republicans were blamed for a letter bomb which failed to explode after it was delivered to the Public Prosecution Service office on Limavady Road in Derry.
Only days earlier, letter bombs addressed to PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott and Derry Chief Inspector Jon Burrows were intercepted.
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