> A mentally disturbed man has finally been taken of the streets of Bergen
> [Norway] after he dropped a club and then tossed it into a passing woman's
> head. Authorities finally put a stop to the juggler's reign of fear,
> newspaper Bergens Tidende reports.

> "He lost one of the clubs as we walked past. It seemed that he came out of
a
> trance. First he spat at us, then he threw the club," the 56-year-old
woman
> said.
> The attack came without warning and nearly dropped the woman to the
> pavement.

> "He threw as hard as he could. Afterwards he just stood there calmly,
giving
> me a dirty look," the target said.

> The woman needed medical attention and decided to notify police. She then
> learned that she was not the first person to experience the juggler's
wrath.

> "There have been several episodes since the man arrived before Christmas,"
> said watchmaker Robert Antonissen. His shop is near the juggler's regular
> pitch, and he has witnessed several random assaults on passersby.

> "An older man had a club thrown at him. It grazed his hat brim but luckily
> didn't hit him. The juggler has spit at people many times," Antonissen
told
> Bergens Tidende, and admitted he did not dare to ask the man to move
along.

> On Thursday the Czech juggler was arrested and charged with assault, and
the
> true extent of his psychological problems became clear.

> In the course of police interrogation, it became clear that the
21-year-old
> juggler was delusional, believing, among other things, that his hands were
> under the control of masked men. The Czech had been living in a tent since
> being released from a Norwegian psychiatric institution.

> Police remanded the man in custody and hoped to turn him over for medical
> examination on Friday.

> --
> Success is goals.
> --Lloyd Conant