Italians hold HIV-pensioner for harassing hookers .  GENOA , Italy 1996-08-29  Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested a 61-year-old man after he fired blank shots at prostitutes he blamed for spreading AIDS .  The pensioner , named only as Pietro T. , told investigators he was infected with HIV , the AIDS virus , and his wife had died of the disease .  He did not say how they had contracted the illness .  Police said the man had recently been spotted cruising red-light areas in this northern [START_ENT] Italian [END_ENT] city , hurling abuse at prostitutes and firing blank shots at them .  Police said they found in his apartment two fake guns and a pistol that would only fire blanks . "  Although fake guns are legal , the use he made of them means he could be tried , " a police official said .
Italians hold HIV-pensioner for harassing hookers .  GENOA , Italy 1996-08-29  Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested a 61-year-old man after he fired blank shots at prostitutes he blamed for spreading AIDS .  The pensioner , named only as Pietro T. , told investigators he was infected with HIV , the AIDS virus , and his wife had died of the disease .  He did not say how they had contracted the illness .  Police said the man had recently been spotted cruising red-light areas in this northern
Italian
city , hurling abuse at prostitutes and firing blank shots at them .  Police said they found in his apartment two fake guns and a pistol that would only fire blanks . "  Although fake guns are legal , the use he made of them means he could be tried , " a police official said .
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