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Village terror with ukulele: Görsbach in fear – perpetrator in custody!
A 43-year-old man from Görsbach, known as the "Man with the Ukulele", terrifies the village and is taken into custody.
Village terror with ukulele: Görsbach in fear – perpetrator in custody!
In the small community of Görsbach in the Nordhausen district, Thuringia, the lives of the 961 residents have been in ruins for months. As the “man with the ukulele,” Peter, a 43-year-old, causes fear and terror. The situation has escalated, particularly since the beginning of the year, and the police have been called to provide assistance almost daily. But the police were initially unable to do anything against the man, who has a criminal record of up to 90 entries. Image reports, that the concerned mayor Angela Simmen urgently warned against vigilantism, while the villagers hoped for action from the authorities.
The allegations against Peter are not trivial: He is accused of committing bodily harm, threats, coercion, violation of the weapons law and even theft. A particularly worrying incident occurred on February 22nd when Peter shot neighbors with an air rifle and then barricaded himself in his garage. A special operations team had to arrive to defuse the situation. Loud Day24 There were also reports that he strangled a 12-year-old on the way to school.
The escalation of violence
Events took a dramatic turn on June 14 when Peter injured a villager with his ukulele and also damaged several cars. The residents were then forced to take action themselves and got to the point where they restrained him during another incident in which he injured another villager with a skateboard. This was followed by Peter's arrest, which was carried out recently on Wednesday, followed by his remand in custody for grievous bodily harm in several cases. The public prosecutor's office in Mühlhausen announced that the matter would be processed quickly.
The entire situation is not only an example of the dangers in rural areas, but also a serious warning for the authorities to take quick and effective action. In the statistics for Thuringia, as on the website of State Criminal Police Office dangerous bodily harm and serious bodily harm are listed as qualified offenses that must be taken particularly seriously in such cases. The community of Görsbach is now waiting for the consequences of these incidents, hoping that peace will soon return to the town.