BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
USSR: Biological Warfare (BW) Accident in Sverdlovsk
Recent intelligence strengthens allegations that an accidentW installation caused civilian casual ties in southern Sverdlovsk during
and supporting data stallation in Sverdlovsk.
is consistent with previous ut an accidentW in
uiit an explosionaboratoryecrec BW plant resulted in moreasualties. The site of the accident is consistent with the locationilitary installation suspected of BW activities, but there is no positive photographic evidence of an explosion.
casualties and the measures taken by theand health agencies were officially blamed on an outbreak of anthrax in Sverdlovsk, An announcement about an anthrax epidemicublic health context appears to have been designed toossible panic among Sverdlovsk's million-plus population. The
the causative organise
magnitude of the epidemic and remain conjecture.
previous reports stating that pathogenic bacteria allegedly escaped into the air and spread over industrial and residential areas of southern Sverdlovsk. The military immediately imposed quarantine and decontamination procedures, but the situation was not brought under control until late May or early June. Source claimed that Defense Minister D. Ustinov and health Minister B. Fetrovskiy came to Sverdlovs*,to assess the situation.
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