Vial of Ebola Allegedly Sent to Major Newsroom by Jihadists

in Health & Science, News, World News / by Prissy Holly / on November 11, 2014 at 3:00 pm

A newsroom was evacuated after a package from a jihadist group with a vial supposedly containing a sample of Ebola was received.

The vial, along with a letter that stated that the liquid in the plastic bottle contained the virus, was received in a major newsroom. After the mailroom was evacuated on Monday, the vial was swabbed for fingerprints and DNA, according to the New York Post.

The newsroom where the vial was sent was later confirmed to be the New Zealand Herald. Currently, officials are reporting the vial to be a suspected hoax, and Auckland Police are assuring the public that the risk of contamination is “almost non-existent.”

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