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“Mystery Package Considered Attack On Orange County Sheriff’s Office”
911 Calls Not Affected
POSTED: 11:07 am EDT April 7, 2008
UPDATED: 6:04 pm EDT April 7, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The sheriff’s office reopened nearly four hours after being evacuated.
Two mailroom workers were treated for burning and watery eyes at the scene.
They were not seriously injured.
“This may be a potential attack, so we’re just going to be safe,” Hayley said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center is located on Semoran Boulevard, so 911 calls were not being affected, according to Local 6 News.
Authorities are tracking down who delivered the package to the sheriff’s office.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.
A container bearing a radioactive substance was stolen Monday from a company warehouse in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, police said. A security camera at the warehouse of Non-Destructive Inspection Co. caught an image of a person removing the container bearing iridium 192—2 millimeters in diameter and 2 mm long—at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry said quoting a report from the company.
An employee of the company found the stainless steel hermetic container, which is 25 centimeters in diameter and 40 cm long and weighs 17 kilograms, was missing at around 7 a.m. Monday, according to the police. Anyone exposed to the substance could suffer vomiting a day or so later and acute radiation damage within three days, according to the ministry.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/radioactive-substance-stolen-from-chiba-warehouse
Bomb convicts escape through tunnel in Morocco
Monday, April 07, 2008
A group of Islamic militants, jailed in connection with suicide bombings that killed 45 people in Casablanca five years ago, has escaped detention.
Initial media reports indicate that nine prisoners, all convicted for links to the bombings, tunneled their way out of a prison in Kenitra, Morocco.
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=31259
Weapons seized nearby Macedonian village of Tanusevci
7 April 2008
Skopje - A significant quantity of weapons was found and seized in a police action conducted early Monday at Ramno locality in the village of Tanusevci (Skopje region), the Macedonian Information Agency reports.
93 various types of grenades for RPG-7, one charger for M79 Osa grenade launcher, nine pieces - chargers for mortar launchers of 12mm, four pieces-chargers for mortar launcher of 60mm and two mechanisms for RPG-7 were seized by the police. The Macedonian Ministry of Interior, according to initial findings, announced that the weapons, which were hidden in a forest under branches and kept in bags, were made in China.
The seized weapons were immediately transported in the "Gjorce Petrov" barracks in Skopje. Probe into clarifying the case is under way.