Anonymous ID: be81c4 July 28, 2022, 4:50 a.m. No.16904970   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5746

Nightclub needle attacks puzzle European authorities

 

PARIS (AP) — Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts in recent months. Doctors and multiple prosecutors are on the case, but no one knows who’s doing it or why, and whether the victims have been injected with drugs — or indeed any substance at all.

 

Club owners and police are trying to raise awareness, and a rapper even interrupted his recent show to warn concert-goers about the risk of surprise needle attacks.

 

It’s not just France: Britain’s government is studying a spate of “needle spiking” there, and police in Belgium and the Netherlands are investigating scattered cases too.

 

On May 4, 18-year-old Tomas Laux attended a rap concert in Lille in northern France, where he smoked a bit of marijuana and drank some alcohol during the show. When he came home, he told The Associated Press, he was feeling dizzy and had a headache – and he spotted a strange little skin puncture on his arm and a bruise.

The next morning, the symptoms didn’t disappear and Laux went to his doctor, who advised him to go to the emergency room. Medics confirmed evidence of a needle prick, and Laux was tested for HIV and hepatitis. His results came out negative, like other victims’ so far. “I’ve given up going to concerts since it happened,” Laux said.

 

https://apnews.com/article/politics-entertainment-health-belgium-netherlands-03fa5b4d5e8212adc8d0b09f8a8d6cfb

Anonymous ID: be81c4 July 28, 2022, 4:57 a.m. No.16906171   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2135

Fifteen arrested over Channel migrant tragedy

 

In November, 27 people died when their flimsy boat sank near Calais as they tried to make the dangerous journey across the Channel to reach the UK.

 

Seven months on, French police have now indicted 13 men and two women.

 

Some could face charges of involuntary manslaughter and people smuggling.

 

According to French media, the arrests were made at the start of this week in northern and eastern regions of France, as well as various locations across Paris.

 

The majority of those arrested are of Afghan and Pakistani nationality. Other media are also reporting that at least two are French.

 

French media is reporting that the smuggling network was set up to provide passage for Afghans fleeing the Taliban take-over there. But most of those who died on 24 November were of other nationalities - mainly Kurds from Iraq.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fifteen-arrested-over-channel-migrant-tragedy/ar-AAZ29eu