JEDDAH, 24 October 2003 — Three employees of the Salama Post Office were taken to hospital on suspicion of being infected with anthrax. The three men showed sudden suspicious symptoms after opening a package containing an unknown substance, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported yesterday. The Department of Health sent a medical team to the post office after being told about the incident, the paper said, and decided to send the three for further tests to King Abdul Aziz Hospital.
