U.S. Embassy Confirms Anthrax Agents Found In A Letter Addressed To U.S. Consulate General In Yekaterinburg

Anthrax agents were found inside a letter that arrived in a diplomatic pouch to the US Consulate General in Yekaterinburg. US embassy employees were notified on Tuesday that a diplomatic pouch from Washington was tested for anthrax and found to contain anthrax spores, reported the press service of the US Embassy to Russia. According to RIA Novosti's interlocutor, the test was conducted by competent medical experts based in the Sverdlovsk region.