Sex toy causes bomb scare in Russia

Police were called Monday to the post office in Petrozavodsk, capital of Karelia region in Russia's northwest, who arrived to check a suspicious parcel. But they found a sex toy inside.

The post office staff panicked on hearing a sound resembling a ticking clock and called the police.

The post office was evacuated and cordoned off by police. Bomb experts opened the parcel and found a sex toy inside.

"It (the sex toy) turned on accidentally and started vibrating," a police spokesman said, adding that the toy will be sent to its addressee.