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Las Vegas: A substance found at a Las Vegas motel may be the deadly toxin ricin, but authorities said on Friday they do not believe it was intended for a terrorist attack.
Lab tests on the substance were pending and seven people were taken to hospitals as a precaution.
"This event does not appear to be terrorism related," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said last morning. Kolko said the FBI was assisting local police in the investigation.
Police were called to the Extended Stay America Motel on Thursday and retrieved a package from the motel manager that was determined to be a chemical or controlled substance, Officer Ramon Denby said.
Two preliminary tests indicate it contained ricin, Denby said. Results from further tests are expected later, he said.
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