Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was on assignement in DJIBOUTI (Africa ) in 1991. Walking throught the streets in daytime , my M6 with 35 summicron on the shoulder , 2 locals came behind my and followed for a while . One of them was carrying a newspaper . This one then passed me by the left ( I hang my leica on my right shoulder ) , and tried to make me read something on the newspaper , showing it wide open . The other ass h..e then expected to grab the strap of my camera , on the right side . But , what these idiots didn't know , was that I had been previously informed of these tactics by friends being here for a longer period ... So I fully compressed my left hand and send it with quite a huge force to the face of the guy behind me , much to his surprise now. You could hear the nice sound of his teeth being pulled out of there location . The guy on the front was really surprised and tried to escape. But then arrived the local police ( not known for the kind manners they develop ) . they caught the yet untouched guy and immediatly beat him with bats . I supposed they knew them 2 and were looking at the scene from the beginning ; the police didn't even talk to me . The 2 guys had then to climb into the police truck and everyone went away . So be carrefull if you see this kind of action . Regards . Jo goodtimes