Australian students tested after alleged needle prank

Eight Australian teenagers on Thursday were sent to a medical centre for precautionary tests after they were pricked by a hypodermic needle in a suspected high school prank.

"Police have been told a student was doing what appears to be a prank which involved a needle," Efe news quoted the New South Wales Police as saying.

"As a result, eight teenagers received a minor needle prick," it said.

The police would also be speaking to the teenager, who played the prank, as part of an ongoing inquiry into the incident.

--IANS

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