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U.S. embassy workers in Paris treated after handling suspicious letter
English.news.cn 2010-07-30 21:25:27
<!-- begin_ct --> PARIS, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Two employees of the U.S. embassy in Paris were under medical treatment Friday after handling a suspicious letter, embassy spokesman Paul Patin said. The embasssy said in a statement that a suspicious envelope was received Friday and that per embassy security procedures, the two mailroom employees who handled the letter were evaluated by doctors and the envelope was being analyzed.
"There is no indication that the envelope contained something dangerous or poisoned," Patin told The Associated Press. "There is no indication that anyone is in danger or hurt." Patin said he couldn't confirm the condition of the employees, neither did he say more about the origin of the mail or the nationalities of the employees. A Paris police official told the AP the employees were "`unwell" after the incident.
The official, who was not authorized to be publicly named because an investigation was under way, did not elaborate on the workers' condition. The mailroom is in the main building of the embassy, located just off the Champs-Elysees and not far from the French presidential palace. The embassy, which is always surrounded by layers of security, remained open after the incident, and employees were entering and exiting the building as usual Friday afternoon.
