In an attempt to steal a power cable, it has come to Duisburg on Sunday afternoon in a death. How to police now, staff had alerted the emergency room of a hospital in Duisburg on Sunday afternoon (April 18) against 15 clock the police after there were two Romanians (25 and 32 years) admitted to a lifeless 36-year-old compatriot.

Obviously this had to steal in the attempt, a 10,000 volt power cables leader, suffered a fatal electric shock. The three men had previously urged together to the site of a disused Baerl company and had obtained by force entry to a warehouse. Here did the burglars with saws and knives cut off the electricity cable to sell the contained copper. At the crime scene, police found severed cable ends, the offender had been placed ready for transport. The prosecutor ordered the autopsy of the victim. Against two burglars who were involved, according to their complicity in the burglary, identify the criminal. Back in October 2007, in Upper Marxloh a similar accident occurred, which ended fatally. There, a 32 year old man died when he tried to steal in the high voltage system of the former swimming pool at the Duisburg / corner Thyssen-Straße cable. The criminals had tried to separate the copper line of a power cable with pliers. Then there was the fatal electric shock. The public utility had reported the fire at the time the fire in the transformer house, the criminals had been burned to the Unkenntlichtkeit. (ots)

http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/duisburg/Metalldieb-stirbt-nach-Unfall-mit-Starkstromkabel-in-Duisburg-Baerl-id4556594.html

Submitted on 04/18/2011

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: derwesten.de 4/18/2011

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Add one more to the never-ending pile of crispy copper crooks.

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Crispy copper copping crooks!

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