Eleven fall ill after opening letter at US army base


FE Team | Published: February 28, 2018 11:09:30 | Updated: March 01, 2018 11:40:19


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Eleven people at a US military base in Arlington, Virginia fell ill and three were taken to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened in the Marine Corps’ portion of the base, the fire department and a base spokeswoman said.

Leah Rubalcaba, a spokeswoman for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall said everyone at the office started feeling bad soon after someone opened a letter.

The three people taken to a hospital were in stable condition, Arlington Fire Department said on Twitter.

 “An envelope containing an unknown substance was received” at the base, the Marine Corps said in a statement.

The building was ‘screened and cleared’ and the letter removed, reports Reuters citing the statement.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are conducting a joint investigation.

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