BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

06/10/2006

Belarus: Nerve Gas Released In School

Twenty-five children were hospitalized and five were admitted to intensive care in Minsk, Belarus, after a nerve gas -- normally used by police to sedate rioters -- was released in a secondary school Oct. 6. A ministry official said, "One of the pupils probably brought the gas in." The school was evacuated and classes have been cancelled until Oct. 9.

Source:

http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=277352

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