German officials receive threatening letters, fake anthrax, police sayBerlin (Reuters) - Five top German politicians received envelopes on Thursday that contained threatening letters and a white powder the letters said was anthrax, which turned out to be harmless, Berlin police said. Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly received one of the letters, the broadcaster ARD said on its website, but the police spokesman did not confirm that. Special security forces were deployed to investigate the incident, a spokesman for the Berlin State Criminal Police office said, confirming news that was first reported ARD. Horst Seehofer, who heads the Bavarian sister party of Merkel s conservatives, told journalists he had received one of the letters. ARD said the other letters went to Katrin Goering-Eckardt and Hans-Christian Stroebele, members of the pro-environment Greens party, and Gregor Gysi, former chief of the left-wing Left party.  Stroebele confirmed the incident in a posting on Twitter. He told ARD that the letter was probably sent by right-wing extremists, even though it was written in Arabic. He gave no explanation. A photograph of the letter included the phrases  Salafist community, Germany  and  Lethal, Do not touch, Dangerous, Caution  - all in typewritten Arabic characters. worldnews
german officials receive threatening letters fake anthrax police sayberlin reuters five top german politicians received envelopes thursday contained threatening letters white powder letters said anthrax turned harmless berlin police said chancellor angela merkel reportedly received one letters broadcaster ard said website police spokesman confirm special security forces deployed investigate incident spokesman berlin state criminal police office said confirming news first reported ard host seehofer heads ovarian sister party merkel conservatives told journalists received one letters ard said letters went katrina stroebele members greens party gregory gyi former chief left party stroebele confirmed incident posting twitter he told ard letter probably sent extremists even though written arabic he gave explanation a photograph letter included phrases salafist community germany lethal do touch dangerous caution typewriter arabic characters worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: German officials receive threatening letters, fake anthrax, police sayBerlin (Reuters) - Five top German politicians received envelopes on Thursday that contained threatening letters and a white powder the letters said was anthrax, which turned out to be harmless, Berlin police said. Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly received one of the letters, the broadcaster ARD said on its website, but the police spokesman did not confirm that. Special security forces were deployed to investigate the incident, a spokesman for the Berlin State Criminal Police office said, confirming news that was first reported ARD. Horst Seehofer, who heads the Bavarian sister party of Merkel s conservatives, told journalists he had received one of the letters. ARD said the other letters went to Katrin Goering-Eckardt and Hans-Christian Stroebele, members of the pro-environment Greens party, and Gregor Gysi, former chief of the left-wing Left party.  Stroebele confirmed the incident in a posting on Twitter. He told ARD that the letter was probably sent by right-wing extremists, even though it was written in Arabic. He gave no explanation. A photograph of the letter included the phrases  Salafist community, Germany  and  Lethal, Do not touch, Dangerous, Caution  - all in typewritten Arabic characters. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: german officials receive threatening letters fake anthrax police sayberlin reuters five top german politicians received envelopes thursday contained threatening letters white powder letters said anthrax turned harmless berlin police said chancellor angela merkel reportedly received one letters broadcaster ard said website police spokesman confirm special security forces deployed investigate incident spokesman berlin state criminal police office said confirming news first reported ard host seehofer heads ovarian sister party merkel conservatives told journalists received one letters ard said letters went katrina stroebele members greens party gregory gyi former chief left party stroebele confirmed incident posting twitter he told ard letter probably sent extremists even though written arabic he gave explanation a photograph letter included phrases salafist community germany lethal do touch dangerous caution typewriter arabic characters worldnews