World News | About 100 letters with suspicious white powder sent to Kansas lawmakers and officials

TOPEKA (United States) June 19 (AP) – Lawmakers and other public officials across Kansas have received about 100 letters containing the suspicious white powder, officials said.

No injuries were reported, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. It had counted more than 30 letters by late Friday afternoon, raising the total to 100 on Sunday.

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, the bureau said initial tests for the substance came back negative for the common dangerous toxin.

In emails to lawmakers obtained by Topeka Capital Daily, Legislative Executive Services Director Tom Day said the Kansas Highway Patrol notified his office of the letters, which contained return addresses in Kansas City or Topeka.

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The letters were sent to lawmakers’ homes and handed over to the KBI and the FBI, Day wrote. (Associated Press)

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