Security, intelligence officials investigate radioactive package addressed to America.
An official with the Ukraine Ministry of Emergencies said the package was emitting radiation ’’at a rate which is thousands of times higher than the acceptable norm in Kiev of 0.05 milliroentgens.’’ Mykola Karabet, an officer with the Ministry of Emergencies, said the parcel was found in a luggage depot awaiting shipment. Diplomatic sources in Kiev said the discovery of the package was not the first of its kind and that U.S. officials in the Ukrainian capital said there was every reason to be concerned over the latest discovery. |