Security tightened at Czech govt offices as 2 ministries get poisoned letters. The Czech president is an outspoken critic of US meddling in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The Czech Interior Ministry is tightening security at government offices after envelopes with deadly doses of poison were sent to two ministries in recent days, Reuters said.<\/p>\n
The two letters sent by mail from Sweden and Slovenia were intercepted before reaching the addressees of Finance Minister Andrej Babis and Interior Minister Milan Chovanec.<\/p>\n
Two more envelopes, with harmless substances, arrived to the office of President Milos Zeman and a commercial television station. \u201cWe do not want to raise panic but\u2026 we need to adopt these security measures,\u201d according to Chovanec.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry on Friday received another suspicious package and sent it for analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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