Zug,26.09.2014

Unconscious man poses riddle for the police

Yesterday, at 2.30 p.m., a jogger came across a man lying on the ground on the Lorzenweg near the intersection with Steinhauserstrasse. He was unconscious and, as the police reported today, "had a rope around his neck." "Yes, his hands were free," clarified Marcel Schlatter, media spokesman for the Zug law enforcement authorities (see photo) on request. The jogger alerted a police patrol that happened to be nearby at the time.
 
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance. "His condition is not life threatening. But we’ve not been able to talk to him yet, "said the police spokesman. They can therefore only guess what took place.
 
This strange occurrence is even more puzzling: the 38-year-old asylum seeker had already been found in an awkward situation on Tuesday of last week, again by a jogger. The Syrian asylum seeker was lying in the underpass at the Brüggli in the evening, injured, bound and unconscious. Once again, help was nearby, again by coincidence: two firefighters helped the man until the ambulance arrived: the man had injuries to his neck and hands. In an interview with the police, he gave very precise information: two men who had been sitting on a bench attacked him from behind. The victim was also able to provide detailed information about the appearance of the two men. Nevertheless, the police were faced by a mystery a week ago. It’s not clear whether anything had been stolen, and there seemed to be no motive.
 
The new incident makes things even more mysterious. Why was the same man found twice in virtually the same predicament? "We can’t rule anything out at the moment," says Marcel Schlatter. Had the man had been involved in some suspicious activities, possibly of a criminal nature? This is pure speculation, says Schlatter, but "we also cannot rule out that the man could have done it to himself." It’s also strange that the incident took place in broad daylight. The police are also not sure whether the man was telling the whole truth a week ago.
 
Nobody knows how the asylum seeker will explain his awkward situation. "We’ve not been able to talk to him yet," says Schlatter.