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| Title | Package with anthrax sent to Pakistani prime minister's office |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Publication Date | 1 February 2012 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Package with anthrax sent to Pakistani prime minister's office, 1 February 2012, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4f3bc746b.html [accessed 4 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Package with anthrax sent to Pakistani prime minister's office
February 01, 2012
Authorities in Pakistan said that a package containing white anthrax powder was sent to the office of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
A spokesman for Gilani, Akram Shaheedi, says the package was received in October and was thought to have been sent by a woman who is a professor at Jamsboro University in the southern province of Sindh.
No one became ill from the package and the motive of the woman who allegedly mailed it was not immediately clear.
The spokesman also did not say why the news was being made public now or whether the woman had been arrested.
Compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Public health,
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