Chechen Officials Suspect Nerve-Gas Poisoning

Doctors in Russia suspect nerve-gas poisoning may be responsible for the hospitalization of at least 45 people in Chechnya, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 26).

Reports beginning Friday of headaches and breathing problems from students, teachers and workers at a Chechen middle school indicate the patients were exposed to some sort of nerve agent, emergency personnel and government officials said.

ITAR-Tass quoted Chechen Prosecutor General Valery Kuznetsov as saying yesterday that “to speak about a terrorist act is premature.” However, “all possibilities are being considered,” he said (Associated Press/Pravda.ru, Dec. 20).

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