Envelope Sent to Tunisian President Was Not Poisoned, Says Prosecutor

Arab World

January 29th, 6:44pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Kais Saied. (Reuters)

A suspicious envelope sent this week to Tunisia's Presidency did not contain any toxic, narcotic, dangerous or explosive substance, the country's Public Prosecutor said on Friday. The presidency said on Thursday that the office manager for Tunisia's president had suffered a headache and short-term vision loss after opening the envelope on Monday. Reports on social media on Wednesday said President Kais Saied had been sent a letter that may have contained poison. However, the Public Prosecutor said in a statement on Friday that tests carried out on the suspicious envelope by a technical team had found that it did not contain any suspicious toxic, narcotic, dangerous or explosive materials.

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