Ottawa cops investigate after foot sent to Tory HQ, 2nd body part found in mail
OTTAWA - Ottawa police continue to investigate today after two packages containing severed body parts made their way through the city's mail system — one going all the way to the Conservative party's headquarters.
The first grisly discovery was made yesterday morning when a blood-splattered package was sent to the Tory main office just a few blocks away from Parliament Hill.
Just hours later, authorities intercepted a second package containing yet another severed human body part.
Media reports say that package, containing a human hand, was not addressed to the Tory headquarters and was found at a Canada Post processing facility.
Police have released no other details about the second find beyond an assurance that the major crime unit continues to investigate.
Canada Post said it was collaborating with police and said it couldn't comment further as a police probe was underway.
Many in Ottawa have been set on edge ever since the first reports of the severed foot sent to Tory headquarters began to spread.
"It's just awful," said Conservative MP Brad Trost, who showed up at party headquarters not long after the first package was delivered yesterday.
"I don't think any of us are thinking this necessarily has anything to with politics."
Meanwhile, Ottawa police are working with authorities in Montreal after a severed torso was discovered in a suitcase in that city, but say it's too soon to determine if there's any link.
Police have said the package containing the severed foot was addressed to the Conservative Party of Canada and not to a specific person.
Steve Hodgson, a police sergeant who arrived at 130 Albert Street, just three blocks south of Parliament Hill, said the package was delivered by Canada Post and had been partially opened by a receptionist at the party's 12th floor headquarters before police were called.
"It wasn't opened any further," he said. "It was our Hazmat Team that eventually took a look at it."
A spokesman for the Conservative party would only say that a suspicious package was sent to their office before referring all questions to Ottawa police.
