A U.S. air marshal was being monitored after being attacked with a syringe containing an unknown substance at a Nigerian airport, officials said Tuesday.
Preliminary tests showed the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens, according to FBI spokesman Christos Sinos.
Authorities are still trying to determine what was in the syringe, but Sinos said initial tests by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are “negative for any bad stuff,” including Ebola.
The air marshal, who was on duty at the time, was attacked Sunday at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, one of the West African countries dealing with an Ebola outbreak…
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