德国警方和检察官说，一封寄给德意志银行首席执行官约瑟夫.阿克曼的信件是一枚可完全引爆的信件炸弹。
有关官员星期四发表了一份声明，但没有提供进一步的细节。这家银行的保安人员星期三在该银行位于法兰克福市的总部拦截了这封信件。
纽约警察局说，它得到了有关这起事件的信息，而且信封上的回邮地址是掌管17个国家使用的欧洲货币欧元的欧洲中央银行。
很多国家的大银行都进入警戒状态。全球反资本家抗议者一直在就他们看来的银行家和金融家的过份奢靡举行示威。目前还不知道是什么人寄出了这封好像装有炸药的信件。
阿克曼2002年以来一直执掌德意志银行。他计划明年5月卸任。社会主义者对这名瑞士银行家所获得的巨额报酬以及提倡给银行经理们发放业绩奖金提出批评。
德意志银行前首席执行官阿尔弗雷德·何豪森1989年遭到左翼恐怖组织“红军派”的谋杀。
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.