The Toronto Star, June 12, 2003

 

This isn't martial arts related, other than you never know what kind of weapon you might be attacked with, and on an avoidance level, why it is best not to feud with your neighbours....

 

Woman's hands cut off with machete

 

Single mother undergoes surgery

 

Neighbour to appear in court

 

HENRY STANCU

 

STAFF REPORTER

 

A single mother of five had her hands hacked off in a machete attack at her Scarborough home yesterday.

 

As the 44-year-old underwent surgery to reattach her hands, severed at the wrists, police charged her 38-year-old neighbour, also a single mother of five, in the attack.

 

The entire article can be found at visit http://www.thestar.com

Edited June 12, 200323 yr by karate_woman

*queasy*

 

Oh that's nasty...what on earth could possess someone to cut off somebody else's hands? Too bad the article didn't have more details on that...

Not sure if I understood it right but he only got charged with aggravated assault?

Beware of your surounding at all time?????

um, just want to point out.

 

if that's from the star newspaper in uk, you should be aware that it is probably the trashiest paper on the market...

um, just want to point out.

 

if that's from the star newspaper in uk, you should be aware that it is probably the trashiest paper on the market...

No, it is the Toronto Star (Canada), a mainstream newspaper.

Well according to the TV news ("The New Vr"), the attacker accused the victim of calling the Children's Aid Society; four of the accused's children were taken away moments earlier.

Well then I guess I can understand why he did it then. Taking away someones children is about the worst thing you can do.

 

Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not saying it was the right thing to do.

Both the attacker and victim were single Moms that lived next to each other. Judging by the attacker's "solution" to having the CAS remove her children, it sounds like a good idea they were taken in the first place; she sounds unstable to say the least.

oops, didn't see the bit at the top.

 

sorry.