Anthrax alarm after powder letters for mosque

In Brussels precaution proclaimed an anthrax alarm after the Grand Mosque Thursday powder letters were concerned.

The eleven people who have been in contact with the powder have been decontaminated and taken to a hospital for inspection. A journalist from Euronews reports on the authority of the emergency services that they have not been compromised in any case. According to Het Laatste Nieuws involves seven people, none of whom show symptoms and can be treated locally.

Civil Defence will examine the powder letters.

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