‘Sabama injection threat a rumour’

THE National AIDS Council (NAC) yesterday described the alleged HIV/AIDS threat by a group of alleged HIV/AIDS victims in the Kilakila and Sabama areas as “unsubstantiated rumours”.
There were reports that the group was going around, armed with syringes laced with HIV/AIDS virus, to inject and infect people.
NAC director Wep Kanawi, who personally visited Kilakila and Joyce Bay areas on Tuesday to investigate the allegations, said from the information he gathered from community leaders, the panic was created among the people.
“There is no real proof that the boys were infected when the rape incident only occurred last Wednesday during Game 1 of the State of Origin rugby league match screening in Sabama.”
It was alleged that the woman had been drinking.
“There is also no conclusive report from the people about the man having been sighted, except for the incident with the nine-year-old boy on Wednesday morning.
“The father must send his daughter for a test to confirm her HIV status. Even the family or the alleged rape victim had yet to report the rape to the police,” Kanawi said.
Meanwhile, rumours of two Kaugere primary schoolgirls being attacked had spread like wild fire in the city via emails among school children in the suburbs.
Students are afraid to go to school after the alleged incident which was also unconfirmed.
Badili police yesterday said they could not question the woman who was allegedly raped by more than 10 young men as she was out when they went to her home to investigate.