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...them. Sometimes Sobhraj had slipped sedatives into drinks, say police, but mostly such sleight of hand was unnecessary: young travelers warmed to him, shared his lodgings, and swallowed medicine willingly after he convinced them it would prevent headaches or stomach trouble. In reality, say police, it was poison. According to what Shrestha calls "the compulsions of his hobby," Sobhraj is then alleged to have strangled, drowned or burned his victims alive. Making people do whatever he wanted was "fun," Sobhraj told his biographer Richard Neville...
...lack of openness in some areas, causing him to wonder what it has to hide. For example, the official tells TIME, the Saudis have denied U.S. officials access to several suspects in custody, including a Saudi in detention for months who had knowledge of extensive plans to inject poison gas in the New York City subway system. U.S. officials want to talk to him to determine how far the plot advanced and whether he had associates in the U.S. The Saudis have provided no detailed information about...
...from World War II. "It was a huge piece, weighing about 15 kg, and with no traces of the metal casing," says Michael Jepsen, skipper of the Soraya. Aware of the danger and following established procedure, Jepsen alerted the military authorities on Bornholm, who boarded the trawler, inspected the poison and decided it should be tipped back into the sea in a designated dumping area. Branick, though, was in a bad way. "I was fine until I came into the warmth below deck," he says. "Then it started to itch and burn like hell on my back. I took...
...STINGS Speed is key. Scrape the stinger out with a credit card or fingernail. Using tweezers could force more poison from the venom sac into the skin. But if tweezers are the best you can do, use them. Then apply an ice pack and watch for signs of an allergic reaction...
...ARRESTED. CHEN FUZHAO, 29, an accused member of the banned Chinese religious sect Falun Gong; on suspicion of killing 16 homeless people by giving them food laced with rat poison; in Zhejiang province, China. According to state-run media, Chen confessed to the crime, claiming he was committing a virtuous act in expectation of karmic compensation...