Jilted Lover Accidentally Blows Up Building
By Wyatt Earp | November 13, 2008
Jeez, I usually just called the bitch a few “sentence enhancers.” Um, not that I was ever dumped, mind you . . .
BERLIN – A German charged with murder for causing a gas explosion that destroyed half an apartment building and killed his neighbor, told a court Wednesday he was only trying to kill himself because he was lovesick.
The 22-year old on trial in Moenchengladbach, western Germany, said he had opened the natural gas taps in his apartment intending to commit suicide after his girlfriend broke up with him by phone.
When the 17-year old later arrived to pick her belongings up from his flat, she unwittingly lit a cigarette which ignited the gas and blew up half of the building, injuring 15 people and killing a 45-year old neighbor.
The 22-year-old man and his ex-girlfriend survived the blast. Ralf Wolters, a court spokesman, said the man said he did not realize there was a risk of explosion. (H/T – Reuters)
Whatever happened to the good old days when angry Germans just got drunk and invaded Poland?
Topics: WTF? | 7 Comments »
It’s that edumacashun thingie… They’re not doing real good over there either
HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW????
Germany, eh? I’m sure he’ll get a stiff fine and dozens of hours of community service for this.
Old NFO – Serves me right for sleeping through the Uber News Report.
John D – Not to mention a mark on his permanent record!
What a jackass. They’ve got plenty of hookers up in Germany, according to tales I heard from some of my old Army buddies- seems like there’s a lot better things for a freshly-dumped 22 year old man to do with himself than sit around half-assing a suicide attempt and taking out half a building.
And yeah, they’re probably just going to give him a very stern talking-to.
the man said he did not realize there was a risk of explosion.
Umm…so PIPES AREN’T CONNECTED THROUGHOUT AN ENTIRE BUILDING???? Wonder what kind of drugs he’s on.
Did not realize there was a risk of explosion with gas hmmmmm, bright one there.
Next time he wants to off himself he really should do a little more research, there are plenty of better ways.
Dorkelina – Mmm . . . German hookers!
RT – Probably none. Stupid is not a drug.
E.L. – The fact that he wanted to off himself and didn’t succeed makes his life more pathetic. It’s just one more thing he’s not good at!