What are the odds of two-back-to-back machete attacks in Dusseldorf, within hours of each other, not being related?
Is this a routine occurrence in Germany?
Unrelated episodes. First guy was captured shortly after the ax-attack.
Second episode today....machete-related, and it’s in some area about halfway between Duisburg and Dusseldorf. Large scale hunt but haven’t turned up the guy yet.
Completely unrelated, very slim chance. Copy cat crime? Likely. But then there is something else:
Do you remember the car that plowed into pedestrians in Heidelberg, Germany? That happened 25 February. Then we had a lorry running into a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans the same day. One day later there was a similar incident in London where 5 people were injured when an allegedly drunk driver smashed into a group of pedestrians. And finally we had an elderly man driving a SUV right into another Mardi Gras parade 1 March.
So, two of the culprits were drunk, another was an elderly driver who lost control of his vehicle, and the fourth was said to be a man with mental problems. Pure chance that these incidents happened so close in time? Probably, but still worth noting.