careful, you can get lost in these stories they are kind of a train wreck. the worst one I've read about so far was (cw: torture) the attackers who tortured a guy for an hour with a heavy drill and made his four-year-old daughter watch

  • Mizokon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The drill story is brutal what the fuck

    cw

    https://nltimes.nl/2020/02/02/violent-robbery-bitcoin-trader-included-water-boarding-power-drill

    His hands were tied behind his back and he was hung from his neck. The perpetrators filled the bath with the aim of drowning him. "Then they put the shower hose in my mouth and filled me with water," H. said. The perpetrators used a masonry drill to drill seven holes in his left leg and foot. They beat him, kicked him and pointed a gun at his head, H. said.

    • emizeko [they/them]
      hexagon
      ·
      2 years ago
      another story about it

      https://beincrypto.com/netherlands-man-tortured-with-drill-for-bitcoin/

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      It's even worse

      cw

      They also made his 4-year old daughter watch the whole thing

      Like I hate crypto bros but holy fuck I hope they caught those robbers (again more that they are sociopaths and dangers to people in general than pearl wringing over attempted theft shit)