Middle East
Monitor
30 August 2017
The Algerian
Ministry of Defence is thought to be behind a warning against purchasing and
wearing a deadly perfume. […]
The document
claimed to be issued by the Algerian Ministry of Defence that dates back to 17
August and was posted by the Regional Directorate of the Military Health, which
is affiliated with the first military district. It suggests that “available
information suggests that the perfume is a poisonous substance with a delayed
effect that appears after 3 or 4 days of spraying it on the body, resulting in
sudden death.”
The document also
unveiled that the “toxic perfume has been discovered in Arab and Islamic
countries such as Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Sudan, and Kuwait”. […]