An Iraqi man has been arrested in Belgium in connection with a number of letters laced with toxic powders that were sent to the prime minister's office and the US and British embassies.
A 45-year-old man was taken into custody in the western town of Deinze, police said. The arrest came a day after police said they were investigating 10 letters containing harmful powders. The chemicals included phenarsazine, an arsenic derivative used in rat poison, and hydrazine, used as a rocket propellant, the health ministry said.
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