Austria investigating reported 'Havana syndrome' cases among U.S. envoys

FILE PHOTO: A long time exposure shows a night view of bridges over the Danube river from Leopoldsberg in Vienna, Austria August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is working with the U.S. authorities to get to the bottom of a reported spate of suspected cases of an ailment known as "Havana syndrome" among U.S. diplomats in Vienna, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last month his country is conducting a government-wide review into who or what caused what it suspects were "directed" radio frequency attacks on U.S. diplomats that resulted in various neurological ailments and that first emerged in the Cuban capital in 2016.