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Probably a woman from Canada sent a ricin letter to the White House.
(dpa)
After a letter containing the ricin poison was sent to the White House, the alleged sender was arrested, according to media reports. The woman tried to enter the United States from Canada, news channel CNN reported Sunday. You had a gun with you, it said, citing security authorities. NBC also reported on the arrest.
Over the weekend, it became known that the letter had been addressed to US President Donald Trump and had been intercepted this week. The “New York Times” wrote even before the arrest that the envelope came from Canada, according to investigators, and that a woman was wanted.
Letters containing the highly toxic ricin had already been sent to President Barack Obama and then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2013. All mail to the White House is now classified and reviewed elsewhere, according to CNN Before I get to the seat of the American president. Ricin can be fatal even in small amounts.
