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Date Published: 23/09/2024
Hannibal Lecter-style fugitive extradited from Alicante to Germany
German police escorted the dangerous criminal through Alicante Airport in chains and a mask
In a scene eerily close to the Silence of the Lambs, a shackled, masked fugitive from Kazakhstan was transferred last week from Alicante-Elche Airport to prison in Germany. The highly-dangerous prisoner was snapped being led onto the tarmac in full Hannibal Lecter getup.
The 36-year-old fugitive, named only as Eduard M, was arrested in Rojales in March and has been awaiting extradition in Fontcalent prison in Alicante ever since. If convicted in Germany, he faces nine years and three months behind bars for crimes of kidnapping, illegal detention and hostage-taking, organised and armed robbery, blackmail and extortion.
The transfer from Alicante was carried out by German police, who arrived at the El Altet airport runway in a small twin-engine police plane to take the fugitive prisoner back to their country.
Similar mask worn in Silence of the Lambs
Due to the dangerous nature of the criminal, the German agents took strict security precautions. They handcuffed his hands, placed safety chains on his ankles to prevent any escape and put a mask on his face to prevent him from attacking them by biting. Despite these measures, the inmate remained calm and cooperative.
The fugitive, who had altered his physical appearance to avoid detection, had been living in Torrevieja. He was eventually located and apprehended at a café in Ciudad Quesada, Rojales.
According to the German authorities, the European arrest warrant was based on events that took place in the early hours of August 28, 2021, in Hamm, Germany. The fugitive, along with three masked accomplices, forced open the terrace door of a home where the residents were asleep.
Once inside, they crept into the bedroom where the couple was sleeping and held a gun to the man’s head. The couple was then tied up and locked in the bedroom’s walk-in closet, with the criminals threatening to burn down the house unless they revealed the location of the safe and handed over their valuables.
While the robbery was taking place, one of the assailants threatened the woman by holding scissors to her neck. The attackers made off with two gold coins, ten silver bars, more than 4,000 euros in cash, a luxury watch worth 24,000 euros, a safe and other valuables.
Before leaving, they locked the victims in a closet and threatened to burn down the house after asking for petrol.
In other news: Terrifying shark sighting clears Alicante beach
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