Vengeful Student Poisons 3 Classmates

Vengeful Student Poisons 3 Classmates
Jun 21, 2007 13:01
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: offline	Local police in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province on June 12 arrested a college student on suspicion of lacing water drunk by three classmates with highly toxic Thallium, the Nanjing-based Modern Express reported today(Zhang Yunxing, June 20, 2007). On June 1, three students, all freshmen from the China University of Mining and Technology's Xuhai College (CUMT), were hospitalized after feeling nauseous and vomiting. They had all dined the day before with a classmate in the university's canteen. Treatment at several hospitals proved inconclusive with initial diagnosis attributing the illness to lime disease or arthritis. As their condition worsened, on June 8, the students were transferred to larger cities. One was moved to Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, while two others flew to Beijing for treatment. On June 10, the China Center for Disease Prevention and Control identified a poisonous substance, thallium, as being present in their samples. The student in Hebei remains in stable condition but his family refused to speak with the media. The other two at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital are recovering well but are still suffering from liver failure, according to a statement from the hospital. Urine tests revealed the thallium level in their bodies was 1,000 times higher than normal. However, this has been reduced to about 100 times after a week of treatment. "It will take at least two months to recover," said Hao Fengtong, director of Occupational Disease Department of the hospital.

Jun 21, 2007 13:01

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Local police in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province on June 12 arrested a college student on suspicion of lacing water drunk by three classmates with highly toxic Thallium, the Nanjing-based Modern Express reported today(Zhang Yunxing, June 20, 2007).

On June 1, three students, all freshmen from the China University of Mining and Technology's Xuhai College (CUMT), were hospitalized after feeling nauseous and vomiting. They had all dined the day before with a classmate in the university's canteen.

Treatment at several hospitals proved inconclusive with initial diagnosis attributing the illness to lime disease or arthritis. As their condition worsened, on June 8, the students were transferred to larger cities. One was moved to Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, while two others flew to Beijing for treatment.

On June 10, the China Center for Disease Prevention and Control identified a poisonous substance, thallium, as being present in their samples.

The student in Hebei remains in stable condition but his family refused to speak with the media. The other two at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital are recovering well but are still suffering from liver failure, according to a statement from the hospital. Urine tests revealed the thallium level in their bodies was 1,000 times higher than normal. However, this has been reduced to about 100 times after a week of treatment. "It will take at least two months to recover," said Hao Fengtong, director of Occupational Disease Department of the hospital.

Jun 21, 2007 13:04

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The suspect surnamed Chang, was detained by local police on June 12, whereupon he admitted the crime. Chang said "We used to be friends before, but because of some trifling matters we fell out and after that they always ignored me and hid from me." Feeling angry, Chang decided to poison his classmates but the police did not reveal how he obtained the poison or how he made the other three ingest it.
In a national trade standard on public security, thallium compounds and cyanide are both classified as Grade A toxic items. The use of thallium in university labs is also strictly regulated.

According to Zhu Baoli, deputy-director of Jiangsu's Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the purchase and use of thallium need a supply certificate approved by several departments including the public security department. This is Jiangsu's first instance of thallium poisoning, a very rare occurrence in China.

Jun 21, 2007 13:10

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Zhu said experts from the center analyzed samples collected from the students' dormitory and dining rooms. High thallium content was found in their drinking cups.

The police investigation is still ongoing with the Mayor of Xuzhou expected to brief the press this afternoon.

n December 1994 and March 1995, a student from Tsinghua University twice ingested a lethal dose of Thallium salt. She fell into a coma for several days but was finally declared

Jun 21, 2007 19:52	#3
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	O, it's so terribel!!

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LOSTLOST Points: Join Date: Apr 16, 2007 Status: Offline	Don't know why college students become weaker in psychology ;-(

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