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German police: Merkel party hotel room broken into

BY: AP Staff Writer SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 | MODIFIED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 AT 1:01 PM
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Photo -   German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Francois Hollande meet with spectators at the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Merkel and Hollande attendes the celebration of the 50th anniversary of former French President Charles de Gaulle's speech to the youth of Germany.(AP Photo/Marijan Murat, Pool)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Francois Hollande meet with spectators at the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Merkel and Hollande attendes the celebration of the 50th anniversary of former French President Charles de Gaulle's speech to the youth of Germany.(AP Photo/Marijan Murat, Pool)

BERLIN (AP) — German police say someone broke into a hotel room that was used as an office of the chancellor's conservative party while Angela Merkel was holding talks in the same building.

Police spokeswoman Antje Roeper said Sunday nothing appears to have been stolen and no explosives were found.

She says Merkel and other party leaders were holding an internal two-day conference near the town of Neuruppin north of Berlin when the incident was discovered Sept. 17. Merkel, the Christian Democrats' chairwoman, was in a meeting on a different floor of the boutique hotel.

Roeper says the room was used as an office to facilitate the conference's organization. No motive has been established as police continue to investigate.

A spokesman for Merkel's party declined to comment on the incident.

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