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Have you heard of an internet rumour of spreading "infected needle attacks"?

For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas movie theater, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV". The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been positive for HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines.
Other versions talk of ATM machines, market places... It's quite an old rumor, but it still causes waves of scare in Asia or Eastern Europe...
by das monde on Thu Apr 30th, 2009 at 06:18:02 AM EST
That's a nasty practice.  I'd heard of it but always assumed it was an urban legend.
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 30th, 2009 at 06:33:47 AM EST
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And now I've read the link, I see it is!  But still, nasty to start such a rumour in the first place.
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 30th, 2009 at 06:36:01 AM EST
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