A Highwayman With a Hatchet

The following report by Egri Nök was published early this morning at Vlad Tepes in a slightly different form.

Germany: Three Assaulted by Moroccan With Hatchet — Vlad Tepes

by Egri Nök

An original translation from Rheinische Post:

Manhunt In Rees

Man Threatens Several With Hatchet

January 3, 2018

Rees. A man allegedly assaulted three people in Haldern and Empel and threatened them with a hatchet. Police are hunting for a suspect.

by Markus Balser

Three people had a close encounter of the bloodcurdling kind Tuesday evening in Haldern and in Empel: A man threatened them with a hatchet. A 25-year-old from Wesel was lightly wounded. The perpetrator escaped. The suspect is a 29-year-old Moroccan. Police are searching for him.

As the investigators announce, the first assault took place around 9:20pm on the platform of the Haldern train station. A 50-year-old man from Rees was waiting there when the Moroccan approached him with a hatchet in hand and demanded money. The Reesian threw a small sum of cash in his direction. When the perpetrator bent over for it, the victim ran away.

Man Shouts at Armed Perpetrator

Just a short while after this the second assault took place; this time in Empel. According to police, a 22-year-old woman was driving her Opel Corsa on Halderner Straße around 9:40 PM, heading for Haldern. A 25-year-old man from Wesel was accompanying her in the car. About 150 metres before the B67 highway, the young woman had to stop, because a bicycle was lying across the street. At that moment the perpetrator dashed towards the Opel, smashed in the passenger seat window of the car, and ordered the passengers to get out of the car. The front-seat passenger, who suffered abrasions, indeed got out of the car, according to police, and loudly shouted at the Moroccan, who at that point escaped in the direction of the B67. He left his bike behind.

Despite a large-scale manhunt with two police dogs, in which the Federal Police and forces of the district police offices of Wesel and Borken participated, the perpetrator has not yet been apprehended. Possibly he fled into a nearby forest Tuesday night under the protection of darkness.

It is plausible that both assaults were committed by the same person, as the descriptions of both perpetrators are congruent, and the distance between the two crime scenes can be covered in 20 minutes by bike.

The 29-year-old suspect is about 1.80 metres tall [5’10”], and slim, according to police. He is wearing a red hooded jacket, a black hooded shirt, a light pair of trousers, a white face mask and grey gloves. The police, who do not have any clues pointing to an Islamist background for the man, warn against approaching him. They ask for hints concerning the wanted person at Criminal Police Kalkar at the phone number 02824 880.

Translator’s note: Rees, Heldern and Empel are idyllic small towns, but lie in the troubled state of North-Rhine Westphalia, infamous for the Cologne sex attacks, or the district of Duisburg-Marxloh (video).

4 thoughts on “A Highwayman With a Hatchet

  1. With more migration and absolutely soft law enforcement the situation will only worsen.

  2. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

    …… or, in Western Europe’s case ……

    “Give me your mentally ill, your criminals, your rapists
    Your huddled masses yearning to milk the system
    The millions seeking passage on inflatables,
    Send these, all, and welcome!”

  3. In this Country (USA) the poor misguided Muslim (that does not know his father’s name) would have been met with a gunshot and not a shout.

  4. “The suspect is a 29-year-old Moroccan.”

    “The police, who do not have any clues pointing to an Islamist background for the man, warn against approaching him.”

    Predominant and official religion of Morocco – Sunni Islam. In most places that would be considered a clue.

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