A thief in Germany was charred beyond recognition by a 10,000 volt electric shock when he tried to steal a live copper cable, authorities said Monday.Police in the western city of Duisburg found the 32-year-old man’s blackened remains by a set of cable cutters and pile of non-live cables he had already stolen.Only because one of his hands survived incineration were officers able to identify the man as German of Kazakh origin.
“His fingerprints were already logged on police files,” a local police spokesman said. “The force of the shock was so great that the hand was severed from his body.”
[Reuters]
After all the reports of people stealing Thousands in Copper, this is the first in which the thief fried himself… well this bad. I can truthfully say, I’m glad there are no pictures.
BTW - In editing I also wanted to note that when these situations happen, they are starting to throw murder and attempted murder charges on the thieves since in some cases the electricity goes out for people on respirators and such.
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