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Thai needle attacker shouts"You've got AIDS now!"

Reuters NewMedia - Monday, July 26, 1999


BANGKOK, July 26 (Reuters) - Bangkok police said on Monday they had launched a manhunt after several women complained a man had stabbed them with a needle he said was HIV-contaminated.

At least six women, mostly teenagers, have reported in the past seven days that a man on red motorcycle stabbed them in the back with a needle, shouted "You've got AIDS now!," and sped off.

"We are hunting the suspect, but we would like to warn women to be cautious while walking beside the road -- especially if they see a man on a red motorcycle approaching," Police Major General Jongrak Suthanonda told reporters.

He said some of the victims had had blood tests and so far these had been negative.
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