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A young woman was murdered early yesterday morning on a sidewalk in the German city of Limburg. The alleged murderer was allegedly angry with his wife for “domestic” reasons, so he ran her over with his car, then took a hatchet and a butcher’s knife from the trunk and finished her off right there on the sidewalk.
[Note: the translated German reports refer to the murder weapon as an “ax”, but from the photos and screen caps it appears to be a hatchet. As I understand it, the German word for either type of tool/weapon is the same, with the latter distinguished by referring to it as a “short-handled ax”.]
According to MissPiggy, the news about this horrific incident is being largely suppressed in the German media. It emerged fairly early that the alleged murderer was born in Germany “with a migration background”. Later reports identified him as a Tunisian.
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[–] beece 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
In an attempt to further the discourse on if that is an Ax or a hatchet, I have both of the Gerber versions (which that appears to be) and they do make a short Ax that could be compared to a hatchet, but it's an axe (search for X11 or X17 splitting axe). They have multiple lengths and all work excellent despite having soft metal heads. And he's still a Muslim and she's still dead.