2nd Czech government minister targeted with poison

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AP Prague
Last Updated : Nov 24 2014 | 4:50 PM IST
An official says an envelope mailed to the Czech Republic's finance minister contained poison, the second such case in a week.
Tests conducted on the suspicious envelope to minister Andrej Babis detected "a deadly amount of a dangerous poison," according to Radek Pokornik, a spokesman for the National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection.
Pokornik declined today to give further details about the letter received on Thursday, citing a police request.
Tests conducted by the institute found that an envelope mailed to Interior Minister Milan Chovanec on Tuesday contained a life-threatening amount of cyanide-like material. Both envelopes were intercepted before anyone could be exposed.
Pokornik said another suspicious envelope mailed to the presidential office last week did not contain poison.

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First Published: Nov 24 2014 | 4:50 PM IST

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