Anthrax alarm after powder letters for mosque

brussels - In Brussels precaution proclaimed an anthrax alarm after the Grand Mosque Thursday powder letters were concerned. Eleven people have come into contact with it- said to be white- powder : nine the mosque and two agents. Two rooms of the mosque from the outside world have been sealed off.

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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