Syringe threat
A man robbed a Swiss supermarket by threatening staff with a syringe he claimed was infected with the A.I.D.S. virus, police said. The man fled with about 3000 francs (SNZ34OO) but was later arrested. Police were testing the syringe to see If it actually was infected with the killer disease. — Switzerland.
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Press, 23 July 1987, Page 18
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