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Protective suits stolen from Paris hospital, raising fears of chemical attack

Medical staff wears protective clothes during an exercise to prepare the service in case of an Ebola virus outbreak on October 24, 2014 at the SAMU headquarters in Paris.
Medical staff wears protective clothes during an exercise to prepare the service in case of an Ebola virus outbreak on October 24, 2014 at the SAMU headquarters in Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

PARIS – The authority for the Paris public hospitals says a number of protective health outfits, similar to those worn by people dealing with the Ebola virus, are missing from a locked room in a city hospitals.

A formal complaint was filed on Thursday, the same day Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in the National Assembly “there may also be a risk of chemical and bacteriological weapons” used by attackers.

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The city has been on alert since 130 people were killed in attacks on Nov. 13.

The Paris public hospital authority said Sunday a “limited number” of suits were missing but wouldn’t confirm media reports saying a dozen hermetic protective overalls, three dozen pairs of special boots resistant to chemical agents, gloves and anti-bacterial masks have disappeared.

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