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Sadist cuts off fake lame beggar’s feet
Published: 03 June, 2010, 11:22
Edited: 04 June, 2010, 02:29
TAGS: Crime, Ukraine, Thrills&Spills
A homeless man who pretended to be a cripple and collected alms while sitting in a wheelchair has had both his feet amputated by an unknown medic.
A passerby discovered the unconscious victim of the grizzly crime at night in a small town in southern Ukraine. An ambulance arrived on the scene, and to their horror the crew realized that the man had had both feet amputated at the ankles in an impromptu operation. The surgeon used some kind of anesthetic, and both wounds had been professionally dressed to stop the bleeding, local media report.
Police identified the unusual patient as a local homeless person. He begged for charity from drivers of passing cars at a crossroad, posing as a war veteran with his spine irreparably damaged in action. He acted as if he were lame even in front of fellow beggars, and only a handful of close friends knew he had no problems with legs.
After he recovered, the victim said he did not remember the attack.
Investigators have several versions of possible motives for the mutilation, from sadistic self-righteousness to competition among beggars.
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"victim of the grizzly crime…"?
Must have been a Russian bear (or a "grisly crime").
I liked the last line though, "competition among beggars".
Why am I unable to shake the thought that the person who did this is an actual war veteran, probably with PTSD, who'd been given this liar money and found out he was a fraud?
While what happened to him was disgusting and horrific, I can't say my heart bleeds for someone who steals money from honest people by pretending to be a crippled war veteran. But it's not over for him. He can now keep begging for money now he's legitimately crippled.
This psycho made an honest man out of him.
What?! That guy got his face and neck smashed! Let that be as selson to Russians trying to imitate something they saw Americans do on TV it's faked in a controlled environment by millionaires and not be attempted at home.