According to the victims, the attacks are carried out in crowded places. Photo Alberto Pezzali / AP
France, Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands are some of the places in Europe where they have been reported. mysterious attacks in which victims are stung with needles. The episodes, recorded in recent months, occurred in bowling alleys and recitalsand are being investigated by the authorities of each country.
In France, for example, reported more than 300 people were attacked unexpectedly. Doctors and prosecutors are addressing the issue, but no one knows who does it or why. They were also unable to determine whether the victims had been injected with drugs or some other substance.
The owners of the premises, meanwhile, are trying to raise awareness among the population. Such is the concern that a rapper recently stopped his show to warn attendees of the risk of surprise needle attacks.
Entering a nightclub in Nantes, one of the cities where the attacks were reported. Photo Jeremias Gonzalez / AP
On May 4, 18-year-old Tomas Laux attended a rap concert in Lille, a city in northern France, where he smoked marijuana and drank some alcohol during the show.
When he returned home, he told the Associated Press news agency, he felt lightheaded and had a headache, and found himself a strange little puncture in the arm, plus a bruise.
The next morning, as his symptoms had not subsided, he went to the doctor, who advised him to go to the emergency room. Doctors confirmed evidence of the sting and Laux was tested for HIV and hepatitis. His results have been negative, like those of other victims so far. “I’ve stopped going to concerts since it happened,” Laux said, saddened and resigned.
Hundreds of kilometers away, Leanne Desnos recounted a similar experience after attending a club in Bordeaux, southwestern France, in April. Desnos, who is also 18 years old, she passed out the next day, as well as feeling sick and having hot flashes while in a junk food restaurant.
When he got home, he realized he had an injection mark on his arm. After seeing other testimonies of the mysterious punctures on social networks, he went to a clinic to undergo tests for possible infections. I am still waiting for the results.
Those attacked, usually women, have visible signs of the injection. Photo Eremías González / AP
Other people from Paris, Toulouse, Nantes, Nancy, Rennes and various cities across France also reported being stabbed with a needle without their knowledge or authorization.
Assaulted individuals, mostly women, have visible injection marksusually bruises and symptoms signal a feeling of lightheadedness.
Large number of complaints
This was stated by the French police 302 people filed formal complaints for similar cases. There are several police investigations open in different regions, but so far no suspects have been arrested, needles have not been found and the reasons remain unclear.
No victims reported sexual abuse and, in Grenoble, one affected person claimed to have been robbed in April, according to Le Monde newspaper.
For its part, the British government is investigating a number of “needle points” and police in Belgium and the Netherlands are also investigating scattered cases.
With AP information
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Source: Clarin
