White powder sent in the post injures three

THREE people were injured after an envelope containing a mystery substance was delivered to a London restaurant that was caught up in the terror attack at Borough Market.

The white substance, described by police as “naturally occurring”, was sent to Feng Sushi restaurant in Borough Market.

A member of staff said the envelope had been “addressed to the restaurant, no one in particular”.

The property was evacuated as a precaution and cordoned off by police. London Fire Brigade said firemen using protective equipment went inside the building after they were called to assist police with a “chemical incident” shortly before 2pm.

Forensics experts wearing masks were later seen carrying two brown, padded Jiffy envelopes out of the restaurant in sealed bags.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said it was not being treated as a terror-related incident.

Three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries as the result of an irritant but did not require hospital treatment. Paul Dawson, a local businessman, said he arrived at Feng Sushi just after police.

“The manager was flustered and said, ‘sorry, we’ve had something quite bad happen, we have to close’.” “A community warden then told me that a white powder had been received.”

The police said they were called to “reports of an unidentified substance delivered in an envelope” to a business in south-east London. No arrests were made but the police

‘Sorry, we’ve had something quite bad happen... we have to close’

were continuing with their inquiries.

Three men attacked London Bridge and Borough Market on June 3, killing eight people. Alex Nypels, 23, a supervisor at Feng Sushi, came face to face with one of the terrorists.

Mr Nypels, from Belgium, said one of them ran at him as he stood at the glass door.

“He was in front of me with only the glass between us,” he said. “He had a big knife. He was saying, ‘This is for Allah’, and tapped it on the window.”