Tunisia: President’s aides sick after opening ‘poison parcel’
Two aides to Tunisia’s president have become unwell after opening a suspect parcel sent to their office, the presidential palace says.
In a statement they said the presidential director of the president’s office opened it and found no written letter inside. However after she opened it her “health was disturbed, and she felt like she was going to faint, and she had a very bad headache”.
Another staff member was present at the time of the incident, the statement said, and felt similar symptoms “but to a lesser extent”.
The envelope was shredded before being brought to the attention of the ministry of interior, the statement adds.
The presidential palace says the nature of substance in the envelope is still not known.
It adds that tests are being taken at the military hospital to determine the cause of the staff’s health symptoms.
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