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Two packages that contained severed body parts were both mailed to Ottawa from Montreal, police said Wednesday.

Ottawa police said they will turn the investigation over to Montreal forces and offer whatever assistance they can, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

The first grisly Ottawa 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. A human foot was inside.

Just hours later, authorities intercepted a second package containing yet another severed human body part — a hand.

Investigators carried out the second package in a brown paper bag from a Canada Post sorting plant through which every letter or package sent to or from Ottawa travels.

Police X-rayed the bag before they opened it to find the hand. Police said the package with the hand was not destined for the Conservative Party of Canada, but wouldn’t say where it was to be sent.

They did say it was not destined for a residential address.

Police knew the second package was mailed from the same source and tracked it with the help of Canada Post.



According to the CBC, the body parts will undergo forensic testing to determine if they came from the same person and if that person was alive when the parts were severed.

Canada Post has so far refused to comment on whether they plan to beef up security measures after the human body parts found their way into the postal system.

“I can’t tell you anything right now,” said spokeswoman Anick Losier. “We’re just collaborating with the police.”