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A “Slasher”
Sydney, which for years has been plagued by somebody known as the “ Slasher” who has been entering homes and cutting the clothing of sleeping vomen, is having a parallel in Noumea, New Caledonia.
The Noumea “Slasher” slashes nothes in wardrobes, and has dashed women’s clothes to rib ions, destroying whole ward ’obes.
A new twist, however, is that he Noumea “Slasher” occasion ally attempts to burn clothes md one house came near to lestruction because of his ex ploits.