London link to US anthrax scare

The FBI is focusing its attention on London in its investigation into the anthrax attacks which terrorised America.

Steven Hatfill, a former government scientist, has been named as a "person of interest" in spite of his denials of any involvement in the anthrax affair.

Agents are interested in a trip Mr Hatfill made to London last November to a UN bioweapons training session. On that same day, ABC TV reports, an anthrax hoax letter was posted from London to the Washington office of Senator Tom Daschle.

FBI agents are still sifting through materials seized in a raid on Mr Hatfill's Maryland home 10 days ago, including an unfinished novel predicting a biological attack on the US Congress.