Hamburg man held after female hostage flees 'basement torture room' (booby trapped with explosives)

[Turborama]

Source: The Guardian

Suspect filled fire extinguishers with explosives to prevent 26-year-old woman's escape

Helen Pidd | Wednesday August 24 2011

A woman in Hamburg has made a remarkable escape after being held hostage in a homemade "torture chamber" booby-trapped with what police fear were improvised bombs made from fire extinguishers.

Local police said the 26-year-old Israeli woman was kidnapped at gunpoint by Thomas Fischer, a vague acquaintance, on Friday night and taken, handcuffed, to his flat in Barmbek, a suburb of the city, local police have revealed.

Detectives believe Fischer, 30, intended to torture his victim in a yellow, soundproofed phone box he had somehow installed in his cramped living room.

But two hours into her ordeal – at about 9.45pm – the woman escaped when his back was turned.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/24/woman-ecapes-homemade-torture-chamber

[uppityperson]

1. ewwwwww

glad she got away

[neoconn]

2. Horrible.... This guy is most likely a killer......