The World : Italy Finds Poisoned Fruit
Grapefruit in stores throughout Italy was ordered seized after the discovery that some of the fruit had been injected with a deadly poison, possibly as a protest against Israel’s policy toward Palestinians. Government officials said tainted grapefruit, possibly imported from Israel, was discovered in a supermarket near Rome last week and that the poison, which has not been identified, was so deadly it killed laboratory guinea pigs instantly. A previously unknown group, the Organization of Metropolitan Proletarians and Oppressed Peoples, has claimed responsibility for poisoning the grapefruit.
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