Posted on 09/08/2014 5:35:30 PM PDT by mandaladon
EXCLUSIVE – The FBI and CDC are investigating an attack on a federal air marshal who was injected with a syringe full of an unknown substance inside the Lagos, Nigeria airport on Sunday, according to a Situational Awareness notice obtained by FoxNews.com.
A federal air marshal reported being attacked by a subject while on the public side of the Lagos Airport on Sunday, according to an alert from TSA's Transportation Security Operations Center distributed throughout the agency on Monday afternoon.
It appeared to be an isolated incident, the alert says.
"The [air marshal] reported that the subject stuck him with a syringe and it is believed he was injected with an unknown substance," the alert says.
The State Department responded to the airport to assist the air marshal and his team.
"After consultation with the consulate and physicians, the [federal air marshal] was given precautionary medication," according to the alert.
The air marshal and the rest of his team--along with the syringe used in the attack-- were immediately flown out of Nigeria and back to the U.S.
The syringe also was transported back to the U.S. for testing.
An FBI spokesman said Monday night, "out of an abundance of caution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an on-scene screening of the victim when United Flight 143 landed in Houston early Monday morning. The victim did not exhibit any signs of illness during the flight and was transported to a hospital upon landing for further testing. None of the testing conducted has indicated a danger to other passengers."
The CDC and the FBI are involved and have opened investigations, the alert states.
"This investigation is still in the preliminary stage and early indications are limited to a criminal nexus."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Always wondered. Does any member of the flight crew ever know the ID of the Marshall?
Yes. I think they always know who is the air marshall on board.
Ping
Maybe his name is Marshal Law. They're always talking about that guy around here which confuses the heck out of me.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Maybe he didn’t know it was a Marshall-—and just struck randomly,which is almost more frightening.
.
Passengers have luggage; once they collect it they leave the airport, or go to local check-in counters. The security crew would likely linger around with nothing particular to do, waiting for the trip back. "You can observe a lot just by watching."
Body fluids (or water contaminated with BF) from an Ebola patient and injected by a jihadi into a "tool of the Great Satan" will kill about as effectively as the proverbial .45 OR Syrian chemical weapons. Plus, no shipping charges, import duty or sales tax. /s
Houston, we’ve got a big problem.
Wonder how many were on this United flight. Wonder which hospital they took the poor Air Marshall to.
He wouldn’t be infectious yet...I will not be surprised if it turns out to be Ebola, though.
Thx for the info though. I'm just now starting to pay attention to the chem/bio weapon issues.
Maybe it was his hooker.
I'm beginning to wonder. With the way it's exploded in Africa, it's surprising it hasn't become an epidemic anywhere else.
Thanks for the ping!
US federal air marshal attacked with syringe in Lagos airport
The FBI and CDC are investigating an attack on a federal air marshal who was injected with a syringe full of an unknown substance inside the Lagos, Nigeria airport on Sunday, according to a Situational Awareness notice obtained by FoxNews.com.
Thanks, Vel.
odds that the attacker was muslim?
I would expect the muzzies to get smarter and start infecting US citizens very subtlety
I saw that on the evening news. Weird stuff, especially in the shadow of 9-11.
ping
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!
Bring Out Your Dead
We’re gonna need 
a bigger cart!
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
6 .months ago all you would be worried about would be aids.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
