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Brits Hunt Killer Who Declared War on Police

Raoul Moat began rampage after leaving prison

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 6, 2010 4:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Teams of armed police from across England have been sent to the country's northeast to hunt for a killer who has declared war on the police. Raoul Moat—who killed his ex-girlfriend's new partner days after being released from prison last week—shot and injured a policeman Sunday morning and has vowed to kill again, the Telegraph reports.

"The public need not fear me, but the police should as I won't stop till I am dead," Moat, who has made several phone calls taunting police, wrote in a 40-page letter he gave to a friend. Police say Moat's rampage began after he was told that his ex-girlfriend's new man was a police officer. He was in fact a karate instructor, but his ex-girlfriend—who is recovering in hospital after being shot in the stomach by Moat—had told Moat he was a policeman, hoping that would scare him off.

This undated picture released by Northumbria Police, shows Raoul Thomas Moat, 37. (AP Photo/ Northumbria Police)

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Berzelius

Jul 6, 2010 8:26 AM CDT

I hope he doesn't read the news or Karate instructors may have to fear him now as well.

MDK

Jul 6, 2010 8:15 AM CDT

And the coverage of this won't help. There was recently a spree-killer in Cumbria and that got loads of coverage in the newspapers and the tv news channels. I'm not saying that it is completely to blame for this, obviously it isn't, but it doesn't help. Copy-cat killers and all that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8rMYyegT5Y Charlie Brooker and some other guy saying what I'm trying to say, but better.

Fondue

Jul 6, 2010 7:42 AM CDT

Reminds of Stephen Baldwin a bit.

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