80 women tested for HIV virus

Stockholm - Eighty worried Swedish women were tested for the HIV virus yesterday as police hunted for a promiscuous HIV carrier…

Stockholm - Eighty worried Swedish women were tested for the HIV virus yesterday as police hunted for a promiscuous HIV carrier who is believed to have had sex with more than 100 women, Swedish media said.

Police were focusing their search for the assailant, who they said was probably an Iranian citizen living under a false identity, on Stockholm after a tip he may have returned to the area.

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