Reuters

U.S. embassy employees poisoned by mail - French police

Reuters July 30, 2010, 7:27 pm

PARIS (Reuters) - Three employees of the U.S. embassy in Paris were being treated for poisoning on Friday after opening mail, a police source told Reuters.

The source was not immediately able to specify the nature of the poisoning or the seriousness of their condition. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Nicolas Bertin and Gerard Bon; Editing by Peter Graff.)


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