http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/10/wmilk10.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/12/10/ixworld.html "Milk alert as poison terrorist strikes"
By Bruce Johnston in Rome
(Filed: 10/12/2003)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A terrorist known as the "Aquabomber", who has been poisoning bottles of mineral water in northern Italy, has started tampering with milk supplies.
Nearly a dozen victims, including three small children, have been taken to hospital with stomach pains after drinking water contaminated with bleach and acetone.
It is thought that syringes are being used to inject the poisons through bottle caps.
The poisonings have caused panic and a flurry of false alarms. On Monday alone, more than 20 cases of apparent tampering with bottles of different brands were reported in various regions."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037686/posts "Bottled Water Deliberately Poisoned in Italy"
12/10/03 | vanity
Posted on 12/10/2003 8:09:15 AM PST by genefromjersey
SNIPPET: "This is intended as a "heads up" !!
In the last 2 weeks,10 people-including 2 small children-have been hospitalized in Italy after drinking bottled water,purchased in supermarkets,that had been poisoned with acetone,ammonia, or bleach . The contaminants had been injected into the bottles,just below their caps.
As of Monday, 12/08, at least 20 cases of contamination of various brands had been reported, and contamination has been found in 20 cities all over the country,including Sicily : giving rise to a suspicion there might be a "copycat factor" at work.
Fortunately, in most cases, consumers noticed the contamination before using the product, and alerted authorities.
Supermarkets have acted promptly: withdrawing thousands of bottles from their shelves, and setting up surveillance cameras;however,cartons of fruit juice and milk are now being tampered with...in-store."