.Several hundred Iraqi police poisoned
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Several hundred Iraqi police fell sick from poisoning during a meal breaking their daily Ramadan fast on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. The cause was under investigation
Ambulances and helicopters sent by the U.S. military ferried the sickened policemen to hospital after they fell ill at their base near the southern town of Numaniyah, said an Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details to the press.
Gen. Adnan Thabit, commander of the National Police, confirmed that the police — members of the National Police's 4th Division — had been struck by poisoning after the meal.
He would not say how many and said the incident was under investigation to determine the cause.
The Interior Ministry official said that up to 40 percent of the Division's 1,700 policemen may have been affected. He said authorities suspected they may have fallen sick from drinking water, raising the possibility that the poisoning was intentional.
A town council official in Numaniyah also put the number of victims at several hundred, saying they had been taken to three hospitals in the Shiite town, 60 miles south of Baghdad. The council official also spoke on condition of anonymity.
The 4th Division was in Numaniyah for a round of training along with members of the Iraqi military.
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Ambulances and helicopters sent by the U.S. military ferried the sickened policemen to hospital after they fell ill at their base near the southern town of Numaniyah, said an Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details to the press.
Gen. Adnan Thabit, commander of the National Police, confirmed that the police — members of the National Police's 4th Division — had been struck by poisoning after the meal.
He would not say how many and said the incident was under investigation to determine the cause.
The Interior Ministry official said that up to 40 percent of the Division's 1,700 policemen may have been affected. He said authorities suspected they may have fallen sick from drinking water, raising the possibility that the poisoning was intentional.
A town council official in Numaniyah also put the number of victims at several hundred, saying they had been taken to three hospitals in the Shiite town, 60 miles south of Baghdad. The council official also spoke on condition of anonymity.
The 4th Division was in Numaniyah for a round of training along with members of the Iraqi military.
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