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US Pentagon gets suspected ricin-laced packages

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The US Pentagon said on Tuesday it put its mail facility "under quarantine" after receiving multiple items in the mail suspected of containing the deadly poison ricin.

 

The Pentagon said in a statement that the FBI was analyzing the envelopes, which were first detected by Pentagon police on Monday. It provided no further comment.

 

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