Shoe salesman attacked by nude man with raw trout

A shoe salesman in the Dutch town of Weert was bitten on the arm by a nude man who was carrying a trout in his hand at the time.

Guards on patrol held the assailant until police arrived and arrested him. It must have been a bizarre experience for Robert van Dooren, salesperson at Bob’s Adventure Store in Weert. A twenty-five year old inhabitant of the southern Dutch town parked his bicycle against the shop front and entered the shoe shop, dressed only in a pair of shoes. Van Dooren: “He wasn’t dressed properly for the season.” Not only that but he carried a raw trout from which he took bites every now and then. Van Dooren asked the man whether he was cold but apparently this was not the case. De shoe salesman informed two city guards who were on patrol. Van Dooren thinks the sight of the guards in uniform caused the naked man to become agitated and he started pulling on one of the display racks in the shop. Van Dooren wrestled the man onto the floor with the aid of one of the guards but the nude visitor bit him hard on the lower arm. It turns out the man had escaped from a psychiatric institution. He was calmed down by a doctor. He is currently in a secured ward of a local hospital. Charges have been made against him.