READ TO YOU: United States: a letter bomb addressed to Obama

A letter containing a "suspicious substance", addressed to Barack Obama, was received Tuesday postal sorting center of the White House, outside the presidential compound, said Wednesday the Secret Service, the elite police protecting the U.S. President .

"This center looks as usual letters or packages that require further examination or scientific analysis before being delivered, said Edwin Donovan, spokesman for the Secret Service, without giving further details immediately on the substance in question.

According to ABC News, it would be ricin. Information confirmed by the FBI.

A Republican senator receives a letter containing ricin

Monday, this time addressed a letter to Republican Senator Roger Wicker also contained the poison. Inhaled, ricin can cause serious respiratory problems. This elected Mississippi had voted last week in favor of open debate on auSénat reform gun laws, with 15 other elected members of his party. What could cause the sending of the letter, according to investigators.

These developments occur in the wake of two bomb Boston (Massachusetts) who killed three people and injured more than 170 on Monday and that the author has not been identified. "The Secret Service works closely with the police, Congress and the FBI (Federal Police) in this investigation," assured Edwin Donovan.

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