Suspected anthrax found in Lithuania

Officials in the former Baltic state of Lithuania have found suspected traces of anthrax in a mailbag at the US Embassy in Vilnius.

The head of the microbiology laboratory in Lithuania said a number of mice died after they were injected with a substance taken from the mailbag.

If it turns out to be anthrax, it will be the first trace of the disease found outside the US since the bio-terrorism scare began several weeks ago.