Doctor’s homes searched in anthrax inquiry

FBI AGENTS investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US searched the homes of a doctor who, days after the first anthrax letters were posted, had applied for a patent for a system to identify chemical and biological attacks.

Hours after Thursday’s raids, Dr Kenneth Berry, 48, was charged with assault after allegedly fighting with four members of his family at a New Jersey seaside motel.

More than three dozen agents, some in protective suits, combed through two New York state homes listed in property records as Berry’s past and present addresses.