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Stabbing - NME report
Fourteen stabbed
with hypodermic syringe at Primal Scream Gig
Fourteen people were stabbed
with a hypodermic syringe by
an unidentifled man at
PRIMAL SCREAM's Glasgow
Green show last Sunday
(August 24).
Primal Scream are urging
anyone who was at the gig to
check themselves for tiny
puncture wounds, as more
members of the audience may
have been stabbed and not
realised it. Anyone who
believes they may have been
attacked should go to their
local hospital's casualty
department.
The incident happened at
around 10.45pm, towards the
end of the gig, in a marquee
at Glasgow Green, in front of
around 7,200 people.
One of the victims, a 27-
year-old man, told police how
he was standing in the crush
towards the front of the stage
when he saw a man stab two
people in the upper arm with
a syringe. He grabbed the
attacker, but let go after he
was also stabbed. The victim
and 13 others were later
vaccinated against Hepatitis B.
Primal Scream sent a
statement to NME saying: "We
are all collectively shocked and
disturbed by this sick,
degraded behaviour and our
thoughts are with the people
~ who were hurt and their
families.
"We are frustrated and
annoyed that this happened at
a hometown gig which, for us
and our fans, should have
been a time of celebration and
- that these people, who had
gone out purely to enjoy
themselves, ended up getting
Injured by one stupid,
irresponsible Idiot.
"We would urge anyone
who thinks they might have
been affected to get
treatment straight away and if
anyone knows who might
have done this to contact the
police."
Greater Glasgow Health
Board (GGHB) has set up a
heipline on 0800-224488 for
anyone who believes they may
have been stabbed. At the
time of going to press, it had
received almost 200 calls.
A GGHB spokeswoman said:
"Twenty people have now
attended accident and
emergency departments
throughout Scotland. Fourteen
received Hepatitis B
vacdnations and were referred
for counselling."
The spokeswoman added
that it was highly unlikely
anyone would have been
infected with HIV by the
attack.
She said: "The fact that HIV
doesn't live outside of the
body, and the fact that there
are a very low number of
Injecting drug users in
Glasgow with HIV, means the
possibility of it happening
would be very, very small.
Hepatitis B, however, is far
more likely to be transmitted
in this way."
Police describe the attacker
as aged between 20 and 29,
thin, with dark brown hair and
wearing a white T-shirt with
thin, black pinstripes. Anyone
with information should
contact Glasgow's London
Road Police Station on
0141-5324600.
Originally appeared in NME, 6 Sept 1997.
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