South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
28 June 2018
Needles sticking out of Hong
Kong bus seats injure two passengers
Police were investigating on Thursday after three
needles were found sticking out of seats on separate buses in Hong Kong,
injuring two female passengers in their 20s. […]
South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
3 July 2018
Yet another needle found
sticking out of Hong Kong bus seat
The strange spate of needles sticking out of Hong Kong
bus seats continued on Tuesday, when the sixth such needle in less than a week
was found on a KMB bus. […]
South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
5 July 2018
Angry rider with grudge about
buses not stopping for him arrested in Hong Kong over needles sticking out of
seats
An angry 30-year-old bus rider unhappy with the
service has been arrested in Hong Kong over the recent strange spate of needles
sticking out of bus seats that injured three passengers. The jobless man told
police officers that buses often drove past stops he was waiting at, meaning he
failed to catch a ride. […] Since last week, there have been 10 cases of
needles being planted in seats on KMB double-decker buses. Six sewing needles,
three acupuncture needles and a pin were believed to have been planted in
seats. At least three passengers were injured. […]
South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
21 October 2019
Hong Kong man who planted
sewing needles in bus seats sent by court for mental assessment
A Hong Kong man who admitted to planting needles in
bus seats to hurt passengers because he claimed the drivers were skipping stops
has been sent for a mental evaluation. District judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on
Monday ordered psychiatric and psychological assessments and a background
report on Mok Cham-sum, 32, after the unemployed man pleaded guilty to the
bizarre crime that injured three passengers and triggered a series of copycat
incidents. […]
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TVNZ [New Zealand]
21 October 2019
Number of needles found in
food following strawberry contamination scare revealed
Needles have been inserted into food on six occasions
in New Zealand shops following the highly publicised strawberry scandal in
Australia. On another 67 occasions, between September and June, needles or pins
were inserted into fruit or other food items either "accidentally or
deliberately after sale", according to the Ministry for Primary
Industries' annual report. "Some were hoax or copycat incidents, or
involved children who admitted inserting needles or pins into fruit as a 'joke'
or to avoid eating the fruit," the annual report reads. […]
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Jeff Corriveau, Deflocked,
16 October 2019. Cheese grater used to remove calluses.
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