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Dried elephant dung causes terror alert in Paris
A reddish powder trickling from a letter caused a terrorism alert in a Paris postal sorting office - but turned out to be dried elephant dung, police said on Wednesday. Six staff and two policemen were medically examined after contact with the powder - but it was found on analysis to be of the sort used in religious rites in Sri Lanka, a spokesman said. Paris has been in its second-highest state of terrorism alert following the July 7 and 21 bombings in London.DPA Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-08-04 |
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