Alberta hatchet attack: Here's a yarn I like:
Hownow
No charges in fatal fight
CALGARY --A German tourist has not been charged after a stranger who
attacked the visiting judo expert with a hatchet in an Alberta
campground was killed in the ensuing struggle.
The 49-year-old tourist, whose name was not released, his wife and
their daughter flew home Saturday as planned on their pre-booked
flight, police said yesterday.
Police identified the dead man as John Joseph Hewison, 38, originally
of Edmonton. He was living at the campground on the eastern outskirts
of Calgary where the fight occurred.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Glenn De Goeij said Hewison and the tourist did not
know each other and the motive for the attack remains unclear.
The bizarre incident began at 4:30 a.m. Saturday when Hewison knocked
on the tourists' camper door and told them something was leaking. When
the man stepped outside he was struck on the head with a hatchet.
Despite suffering two head wounds, he was able to defend himself using
his judo skills.
Cricket
Hownow <how...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
news:281020021413222296%how...@cogeco.ca...
Darwin was right, again. ;>)
Hownow
<cc...@quixnet.net> wrote:
If the attacker was, indeed, a total stranger who appears to be a
permanent (or at least off-season) resident of the camper park and the
time of he attack (early Saturday morning) and police have not supplied
a motive (which does not mean they don't have one) I'd suspect it was a
a wild assumption or a going to the wrong camper by a guy who had been
drinking all night and whose wife had either not come home or who had
taken off in the night.
- hm
corquus
how...@cogeco.ca:
>>
> If the attacker was, indeed, a total stranger who appears to be a
> permanent (or at least off-season) resident of the camper park and the
> time of he attack (early Saturday morning) and police have not supplied
> a motive (which does not mean they don't have one) I'd suspect it was a
> a wild assumption or a going to the wrong camper by a guy who had been
> drinking all night and whose wife had either not come home or who had
> taken off in the night.
>
> - hm
Or a really badly-planned robbery attempt. Fake an excuse to get the
tourist outside, knock him out, take goods and/or vehicle or whatever. And
picked the wrong guy to try it on. If the German fellow had family inside
with him, all the more reason to be zealous in making sure you disable your
attacker.
Yay for him...
-- Corq
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