AT least 17 pupils and one teacher are said to have been hospitalised after a substance was sprayed at a high school in Japan.
A male pupil told cops he sprayed insecticide as a “prank”, according to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK.
NHKA male pupil admitted that he sprayed insecticide at his high school in Japan[/caption]
NHKAt least 17 pupils and one teacher were taken to hospital[/caption]
A teacher at Sagami-Koyokan High School in Zama city – around 22 miles southwest of Japan’s capital, Tokyo – called emergency services at 11am, telling that “a student sprayed something inside the school”, reports NHK.
When cops arrived at the scene on Monday, teachers had already begun questioning the pupil, who is reportedly in his third year – the equivalent of the final year of high school.
The teacher and 17 pupils, who were exposed to the spray during break, were rushed to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell.
They are all thought to have only mild symptoms.
The pupil told police he “sprayed insecticide in the corridor as a prank”.
Cops are currently investigating the incident.
It comes as around 145 revellers were pricked with syringes at a music festival in France last Saturday.
The victims, most of them teenage girls, were taken to hospital for toxicology tests after fears they may have been injected with an unknown toxic.
French cops arrested 12 people over the attacks.
A 15-year-old victim told The Sun at the time: “I was absolutely terrified.
“I felt a sharp sensation in my arm, and then realised I’d been attacked with a syringe.
“My older sister and friends got me to a hospital as quickly, but it was hours before tests could be carried out.
“Thankfully, I was given the all clear, but I still felt really ill and scared.”
Millions of people in France took to the streets on June 21 to celebrate a street music festival called Fête de la Musique (World Music Day).
Attacks took place across the country, with 13 jabbed in Paris after “unprecedented crowds” hit the capital, according to police.
Before the festival, there had been calls on social media to jab women, reported French newspaper Le Monde.
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