Letters to NY mayor contained ricin

Two threatening letters sent to New York City’s mayor and his group that advocates for gun control contained traces of the deadly poison ricin, police have said.

Letters to NY mayor contained ricin

Two threatening letters sent to New York City’s mayor and his group that advocates for gun control contained traces of the deadly poison ricin, police have said.

The anonymous letters were opened in New York on Friday at the city’s mail office and in Washington on Sunday at an office used by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a non-profit group started by billionaire Michael Bloomberg to counter the powerful US gun lobby.

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