Nightmare moments for a man from Mures. He was severely beaten and robbed by three young men, who attacked him in the house

A 62-year-old man from Mures county went through nightmare moments, after he was beaten by three minors who wanted to rob him in his own home. The attackers broke in during the night, when the victim was sleeping. She had no chance to defend herself.

By the Observator editorial team on 01.04.2024, 08:26

The three minors had a well-planned plan. With their faces covered, in order not to be recognized, they entered the 62-year-old man in the middle of the night. The victim was awakened from sleep with multiple blows to the head and face. Under the rain of blows, the man failed to defend himself.

“They broke down my door, broke the window and came over me at 3 in the morning. They beat me in the house, then they took me outside. I was able to shout to someone, because no one heard me. Two of them beat me and one controlled the house. He was still disturbed. He said: if you don’t give the money, we’ll kill you,” said the victim.

The victim and his three aggressors had fun, the night before the robbery, at a party. There, the man would have boasted that he keeps a lot of money in the house. It was the moment when teenagers thought that this is how they can get rich quickly, without a bit of work.

Reporter: Why did they enter there?

Father of an aggressor: They drank, they took drugs, I know what they did, sir?

Reporter: Did they beat the old man badly?

Father of an aggressor: They beat him.

Local: They still come here in the evening, have fun, laugh, sing, whistle, disturb people.

What do the three aggressors risk?

The man did not call 112 the night he was assaulted, but only the next morning did he go to the police headquarters. “What do they deserve to suffer now? To punish them. what the law wants,” says the victim.

“Following the investigations carried out, the police identified, on the same date, three 16- and 17-year-old youths from Iernut suspected of committing the act. They were taken to the police headquarters, later, following the administered evidence, being detained for 24 hours” , IPJ Mureş sent. The three teenagers now risk spending difficult years behind bars.