What is 2001 anthrax attacks?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = 2001 Anthrax attacks | partof = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = | image_size = | location = * [[Washington, D.C.]] * [[West Palm Beach, Florida]] * [[New York City]] * [[Oxford, CT]] |date={{start date|2001|09|18}} – {{end date|2001|10|12}} | time = | timezone = | type = Bioterrorism | weapons = [[Anthrax]] bacteria | fatalities = 5 | injuries = 17 | victims = [[Robert Stevens (photo editor)|Bob Stevens]] Thomas Morris Jr. Joseph Curseen Kathy Nguyen Ottilie Lundgren | accused = [[Bruce Edward Ivins]] <br /> [[Steven Hatfill]] <br /> [[Al-Qaeda]] | module =}} The '''2001 Anthrax attacks''' were a series of incidents in the [[United States]]. The attacks began on September 18, 2001 and lasted for several weeks.<ref name=NPR>{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/93170200/timeline-how-the-anthrax-terror-unfolded|title=Timeline: How The Anthrax Terror Unfolded |date=Feb 15, 2011|publisher=NPR.org |access-date=2011-12-08}}</ref> [[Anthrax (disease)|Anthrax]] was spread through the [[United States Postal Service|mail]]. The anthrax [[spore]]s were put in [[envelope]]s and sent to several [[news]] media offices and two [[United States Senate|U.S. senate]] offices.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/anthrax-amerithrax/amerithrax-investigation|title= Amerithrax or Anthrax Investigation|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> 22 people were infected. Five people died.<ref name=NPR/> It was believed that the person who was responsible for this was Dr. [[Bruce Edward Ivins]]. He was a senior [[biodefense]] researcher who was employed by the [[United States government|U.S. government]]. Ivins [[suicide|killed himself]] in 2008. He was not prosecuted for the [[crime]] but the evidence suggests that he acted alone in mailing the envelopes.<ref name=NPR/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Iraq War}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:2001 crimes]] [[Category:2001 in the United States]] [[Category:2000s crimes in the United States]] [[