Eerie echoes of the 2024 anthrax attacks: Ricin in Senate Building Moves Markets
A suspicious white powder found in a U.S. Senate office building on Monday tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrence Gainer said.Posted by Steven Taylor at February 3, 2024 05:44 AM | TrackBackSeveral preliminary tests confirmed that the substance discovered in a mail handling room was ricin and results of more extensive tests conducted in a laboratory confirmed the earlier findings, Gainer said late on Monday.
"Two of those three tests do indicate that it is ricin. So we have had several confirmations that it is ricin," Gainer said.
Forget the anthrax. The first thing I recalled was the arrests the British made when they discovered the people making ricin in some London loft.
Posted by: Mark at February 3, 2024 08:45 AM