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title: "Louisiana Soldier indicted after detonating chemical weapon"
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#  Louisiana Soldier indicted after detonating chemical weapon

 Written by CBRNe World Staff on 19 December 2017.

A Louisiana soldier was indicted Monday for manufacturing and detonating a “highly toxic” chemical weapon, federal authorities said.
Ryan Keith Taylor, 24, allegedly used the weapon, which emitted chlorine gas, on April 12 in the Kisatchie National Forest east of Fort Polk, where he was stationed, the indictment says. After Taylor detonated the weapon, responding emergency personnel suffered chemical exposure and were treated at the Fort Polk hospital, the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. During a search of Taylor’s home, state authorities evacuated his apartment complex and found “suspicious devices and ordnance,” including an improvised explosive that was deactivated by a hazardous materials team, the statement said.
Taylor faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana said in a news release.

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