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78 ill in Russian gas attack? | |
2005-12-26 | |
At least 78 people have become ill in a gas attack on a store in St Petersburg, Russia. Dozens of those suffering breathing difficulties and sickness have been taken to hospital. The Emergency Situations Ministry said the shop was among three stores targeted. The mystery gas was released in one of the three stores, the Federal Security Service said. Employees in two other stores found unexplained canisters and cardboard boxes with wires and timers. Ministry spokesman Andrei Alyabyev said: "Suspicions containers with pipes were found in two other shops, they are being defused." Russian media reported the containers had been set up with timing mechanisms to go off as time-bombs. Sixty-six of the people affected are receiving hospital treatment. None of them are said to be in a life-threatening condition. The stores, belonging to the Maksidom chain, specialise in home goods.
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Posted by:Dan Darling |
#12 Consequences of hosting the Chili Festival next door. |
Posted by: ed 2005-12-26 19:33 |
#11 LOL Leon! |
Posted by: thedooooog 2005-12-26 19:31 |
#10 Evidently a large shipment of Sac du Gasse went astray. |
Posted by: Leon Clavin 2005-12-26 17:57 |
#9 Oops, apologies, only now read the article and saw that the gas has been identified. This negates most of the point I made above. |
Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2005-12-26 17:39 |
#8 Why would *any* villain, Muslim or otherwise, use a "mystery" gas, when AFAIK there are enough non-mystery gasses that can kill effectively? Perhaps I'm being a conspiracist here, but "mystery gasses" indicate to me that the cause for this event was using people as guinea-pigs, for experimentation. In which case the Russian government itself is the primary suspect -- it has played with "mystery gasses" in the past as well. |
Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2005-12-26 17:37 |
#7 Gas is Methyl Mercaptan (evil smelling stuff added to natural gas so that you can detect a leak). According to reports, this is a "business dispute" Only in Russia ....... |
Posted by: john 2005-12-26 12:25 |
#6 I believe that "gangster" is just a semi-generic criminal term like "hooligan" for them. They're not going to be more specific until they have evidence pointing in some direction. |
Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-26 12:11 |
#5 i think gangsters would be more efficient and there would be more deaths |
Posted by: Jerelet Thineling2988 2005-12-26 11:31 |
#4 the Russians [insert appropriate military / law enforcement entity here] hold the death of innocents by gas record. I thought that was Saddam's for attacks on Kurdish towns. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2005-12-26 11:25 |
#3 Fox News sez the Russers are claiming it's gangsters. |
Posted by: Fred 2005-12-26 11:21 |
#2 That it involves Muzzies, in one way or another, I figure is indisputable. Actually, I'm thinking they're jealous that the Russians [insert appropriate military / law enforcement entity here] hold the death of innocents by gas record. |
Posted by: .com 2005-12-26 11:12 |
#1 This is Horrible. |
Posted by: newc 2005-12-26 11:06 |