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| Gas attack rocks club in Melbourne |
| 2004-01-19 |
| A dozen revellers were hospitalised after being gassed by a mystery chemical in a South Melbourne pub early yesterday. Dancers at the packed Wayside Inn were overcome by fumes gushing out of air conditioning ducts at 1.30am. The spray, thought to be Mace or capsicum spray, was believed to have been fed into roof ducts. An intruder was reportedly seen on the roof moments before the attack, which could have been malicious or a prank gone wrong, police said. The attack left many gasping, temporarily blinded and nauseous. Paramedics treated 16 victims for nausea, headaches, stomach pains, breathing problems and sore eyes, ambulance spokeswoman Liz Tunnecliffe said. Some needed oxygen. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #4 TS, most large ventilation systems will include a number of sealed fanrooms or intakes. I would expect that the delivery method was a tear gas grenade. If this is not a prank, then some group will have to calim responsibility and upchuck a manifesto. If it is jihadis, I would think that they are making a big mistake. I would expect that it would not be out of the question for Ausies to begin beating jihadi ass on a regular basis if they take credit for the attack. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-19 9:24:10 PM |
| #3 I wouldn't be so sure it wasn't Islamists. One thing is for sure, Islamists would think people in bars and clubs are all infidels. It's just a strange story to me, since when do people gas people as a prank?? How do you load enough mace into the ventilation to make sure it sickens the people inside like it did...it would take a large quantity of mace wouldn't it? I assume the person wasn't just up there squirting his little mace canister into the vent. lol But maybe I'm wrong, I don't know anything about mace. |
| Posted by: TS 2004-1-19 6:45:33 PM |
| #2 If this was a prank, the joker is lucky that nobody was smoking in the club. This person is lucky to have gotten away. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-19 5:43:31 PM |
| #1 I don't think that jihadis use choking agents. If this was a prank, the joker is lucky that nobody was smoking in the club. Some of those agents are flammable. Also if a dancer has asthma or a heart condition, the rap would be murder one. Go back to egging houses. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-19 5:35:57 PM |