January 27, 2004

Cell Phones That Kill

This is scary, straight out of some Bond movie: Cell-phone guns have become a security threat at airports in U.S., according to Time magazine.

Though heavier than normal phones, the lethal ones look nearly identical. The hollowed-out devices, made in Croatia, are fired by punching buttons on the keypad and can shoot four .22-cal. bullets in rapid succession.

So far, none have surfaced in U.S., though.

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