Man Suspected in Anthrax Attacks Said to Commit Suicide
By DAVID STOUT and MITCHELL L. BLUMENTHAL, New York Times
Published: August 2, 2008
The death of Dr. Ivins, who grew up in Ohio, is the most dramatic development in the case of the anthrax attacks, which killed five people and made 17 others ill in the fall of 2001 when they were exposed to anthrax spores sent through the mails. Letters containing anthrax powder was also sent to lawmakers’ offices on Capitol Hill, causing great alarm in the capital when it was still jittery from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Letters were also found containing a similar-looking powder but no anthrax.
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