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Motorcyclist injured by Garrote

Iron Woode

Iron Woode

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http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/a...rives-into-wire-strung-across-warden-ave?bn=1

A 26-year-old motorcyclist hit a line of wire strung across Warden Ave. and St. Clair Ave. E. Sunday afternoon, cutting open the side of his neck.

Humayun Kobir was riding his black Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle southbound on Warden Ave., near Warden Woods Park, just after 4 p.m. when he suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through his neck.

“He said he was feeling that something was getting tighter around his neck,” said Suleyman Kobir, the motorcyclist’s brother. “He saw the blood and that’s when he realized that something had happened.”

Kobir said his brother pulled over and yelled to a bystander for help. Kobir received a call shortly after from the bystander and raced to the scene 5 to 10 minutes later.

At the scene, Kobir saw string, blood and his brother on a stretcher.

Kobir’s brother was conscious and recounted the events before paramedics raced him to St. Michael’s hospital trauma centre for serious injuries.

Although Kobir’s brother is expected to survive, he said it could have been much worse.

“With him riding a bike, I thought it would definitely be very serious. But this is pretty serious too. It was a pretty deep cut,” said Kobir, sighing. “If it was a few inches closer to the middle part of his neck, he could have had his (head) cut off.”

Police suspect the red string was from a fishing or kite wire. However, they would not confirm whether foul play was involved.

Late Sunday afternoon, Kobir picked up his brother’s helmet from the side of the road, along with a bundle of the red string, from the closed intersection.

“Who knows where it came from?” he said, tugging at the wire. “But there seems to be a lot of it.”
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WTF

someone could have been killed.
 
glad he's alright...couldve been much worse. i know the area fairly well. always busy....no one else noticed it before?
 
Didn't the Japanese do this after WW2 and that's why in pictures you see Jeeps with a big metal bar welded in the front? Chop off heads..
 
"Garotte" not found

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrote


Nintendesert said:
Didn't the Japanese do this after WW2 and that's why in pictures you see Jeeps with a big metal bar welded in the front? Chop off heads..
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There are stories about this from both the war with Germany and the war with Japan.

http://forum.mythbustersfanclub.com/index.php?topic=11055.0

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9551919888/m/13919557501

and it goes on today...

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-13/...trol-border-officers-secondary-fence?_s=PM:US
 
BoomerD said:
"Garotte" not found

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrote




There are stories about this from both the war with Germany and the war with Japan.

http://forum.mythbustersfanclub.com/index.php?topic=11055.0

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9551919888/m/13919557501

and it goes on today...

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-13/...trol-border-officers-secondary-fence?_s=PM:US
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halik said:
This,
came in to find out wtf a garrote is.
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You guys haven't heard of garrote wire? Huh... thought it was pretty common knowledge. Pops up in movies, video games, etc often enough that I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. Though I didn't think that's how it was spelled. It's simply a wire that was used in the past to silently choke people, or cut their necks.
 
Sounds like someone was sick of the motorcycles racing up the street and did something about it,not the right way at all but not everyone is sane.....:\
 
gorcorps said:
You guys haven't heard of garrote wire? Huh... thought it was pretty common knowledge. Pops up in movies, video games, etc often enough that I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. Though I didn't think that's how it was spelled. It's simply a wire that was used in the past to silently choke people, or cut their necks.
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Nay, I'm very familiar with garottes...and what you're talking about is indeed a form of garotte:

DSCF1399.jpg


garrottev5.jpg



However, stretching a wire or rope across the roadway is not.
 
BoomerD said:
Nay, I'm very familiar with garottes...and what you're talking about is indeed a form of garotte:

DSCF1399.jpg


garrottev5.jpg



However, stretching a wire or rope across the roadway is not.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

Hyperbole ( /haɪˈpɜrbəliː/ hy-pur-bə-lee;[1] Greek: ὑπερβολή, 'exaggeration') is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
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Just going to leave this right here
 
Iron Woode said:
I have a hard time believing that this was a random act of fate.

but I have no proof of deliberate action to harm.
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You are correct, there is no way that was a random act. Someone put it there on purpose.

Also, why was the possible attempted murder weapon left on the side of the road? What kind of cops do they have up there?
 
BoomerD said:
Nay, I'm very familiar with garottes...and what you're talking about is indeed a form of garotte:

DSCF1399.jpg


garrottev5.jpg



However, stretching a wire or rope across the roadway is not.
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It was not "across," which is why he was able to stop and only had the side of his neck cut. It was obviously at a slight diagonal angle.
 
when I was like 13 we were driving out to Vegas for a family reunion and we saw a guy on a motorcycle get decapitated by a merging big rig.
 
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