Ricin found in Moore-Hill dorm
Deadly toxin first discovered Thursday;2 students receiving precautionary treatment


Law enforcement officials have taped off a second-floor Moore-Hill dorm room and a first-floor laundry room Saturday after investigators found traces of the deadly toxin Ricin in the building.

A Weapons of Mass Destruction Operations Unit picked up a sample of the toxin in Austin Saturday and will take it to a government facility in Quantico, Va. for more definitive testing, FBI special agent Rene Salinas said. The FBI has been investigating since Friday when a white powder found in the building was identified as Ricin in preliminary tests, Salinas said.

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