A letter bomb addressed to Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has been found at Stormont Castle.
The building in Belfast, which is used by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, was evacuated and an army bomb disposal unit sent to the scene.
Mr Robinson and dozens of staff were moved to the nearby Parliament buildings, the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Because the Assembly is in recess, Mr McGuinness was not in Stormont Castle at the time.
Ms Villiers was in London when the letter bomb was discovered.
She is meeting former US diplomat Richard Haass to discuss progress on talks he is chairing with Northern Irish politicians about boosting the peace process.
Mr Robinson condemned those responsible for sending the package.
"They will not further any aim or objective by their vile and callous deeds," he said. "Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
The letter bomb is the fourth to be sent to senior Northern Ireland officials in as many days, with dissident republicans blamed for the previous attempted attacks.
On Friday, suspicious packages were intercepted after they were posted to Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott and Chief Inspector John Burrows, the police commander in Londonderry.
On Monday, a third letter was posted to the offices of the prosecution service in Derry.
The discovery of the devices follows a warning by MI5 boss Andrew Parker about the growing risk of terrorism in Northern Ireland.
In his first speech since taking over the Security Service in April, he said: "Rejecting the political process in Northern Ireland, these ragged remnants of a bygone age are in a cul-de-sac of pointless violence and crime with little community support.
"We will continue to work with the police to put these thugs and killers in front of the courts."
Stormont's justice minister David Ford thanked Royal Mail staff for their vigilance in detecting the suspicious packages.
"There is an obvious threat to these staff when reckless people abuse the mail system," he said.
Speaking about the attempted attack on Ms Villiers, he added: "Do those sending these devices really think their intended target will personally open the package? Their actions are to be condemned by all right-thinking people."
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