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Anthrax hoax letters sent to Ontario banks

HAMILTON, Ontario, May 16 (UPI) -- Letters containing baking soda, purported to be anthrax, were sent to nine of 11 Bank of Montreal branches in Hamilton, Ontario, Canadian police said.

The letters might have been sent by an unhappy former employee or a dissatisfied customer, police Superintendent Ken Bond said.

Additional letters addressed to other Bank of Montreal branches were intercepted at postal sorting stations in downtown Hamilton and Dundas, the Hamilton Spectator reported.

The content of the letters posed no health hazards, Bond said. He said he would investigate the case and promised to prosecute the offenders.


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