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France's Sarkozy receives new death threat

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-10 14:44

PARIS -- A letter containing threats and two bullets arrived at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office on Thursday, a judicial source said.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy attends the UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg soccer match at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris April 9, 2009. [Agencies]

The letter, posted on Wednesday in southern France, was similar to previous ones received in recent weeks by Sarkozy and members of his government, the source in the Paris prosecutor's office said.

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Last month police arrested and then released without charge a man on suspicion of sending Sarkozy, several of his ministers and other politicians envelopes containing a 9 mm cartridge and identical letters with threats including "you are all dead men walking".

Anti-terrorist police have been investigating the incidents.