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The Irish Sun
7 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Boy, 6, dragged into woods by child-hunting WOLF with death sentence named Bram in front of horrified mum in Netherlands
A BOY was horrifically dragged into the woods by a child-hunting wolf in front of his horrified mum in the Netherlands. The child, 6, suffered Advertisement 4 Colourful heather landscape with small spur trees and blue sky and clouds at the nature reserve Den Treek where the attack took place Credit: Alamy 4 Warning signs on how to handle a wolf encounter are placed at the entrances of the nature estate Credit: Alamy 4 Picture shows rogue wolf named Bram who is suspected to be behind the dangerous attack Credit: Animal Rights Netherlands He went for a walk with his mum and younger brother in the Dutch province of Utrecht when they saw an animal running towards them. At first, Mum Nynke, 41, thought it was safe for her children to play with what appeared to be a friendly dog from a distance. It was only when the wild wolf jumped on the boy and dragged him into the woods, the mum realised the danger. Shae told The Times: "I thought it was a playful dog running towards us and thought 'nice, I'll go and play'. Advertisement read more world news "But before I got there, I heard my eldest son screaming very loudly. He was jumped by the animal and dragged into the woods.' Passers-by in the popular Den Treek nature reserve then rushed to save the boy from the clutches of the wolf. The mum added: "There were two men with big sticks who beat the animal and eventually they got it off my son. I was in a state of total panic and grief." Locals now suspect that a rogue wolf named Bram was behind the dangerous attack. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun Bram, who is officially designated GW3237m, is reportedly on a death sentence for attacking other people and dogs in the region. Just a few weeks ago, the lone wolf bit a female hiker twice on the leg at the Den Treek estate near Leusden A court permitted the province of Utrecht to shoot the world dead, saying it poses a threat to the people, the According to the court, the risk of serious injury to people is 'so severe' that the wolf must be culled. Advertisement Although the objection procedure is still ongoing, the judge said: 'I am fully aware that my decision is effectively a final one,' adding they see no grounds to suspend the permit. Meanwhile, shocking footage caught the moment dogs and attacked his horse. CCTV footage shows the wild beast attacking and biting the man as he carries a torch in the east of Russia. The unnamed farmer and the wolf fought in the snow before he grabbed and held the animal by the neck. Advertisement He is then shown repeatedly punching the snarling predator, it has been reported. 'The farmer had no time to pick up his rifle and went into a bare-handed fight with the animal,' said one report. He feared the wolf would attack his cattle, after killing two dogs and attacking a horse, the report says. Another boy was attacked by a rogue wolf in a snow-covered Russian park a few years ago. Advertisement Shocking video shows the 4 A pack of European grey wolf seen Germany's Bavaria Credit: Alamy
Scottish Sun
7 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Boy, 6, dragged into woods by child-hunting WOLF with death sentence named Bram in front of horrified mum in Netherlands
The boy went for a walk with his brother and mum and the wolf charged towards him BRAM ATTACKS Boy, 6, dragged into woods by child-hunting WOLF with death sentence named Bram in front of horrified mum in Netherlands Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A BOY was horrifically dragged into the woods by a child-hunting wolf in front of his horrified mum in the Netherlands. The child, 6, suffered horrific bite wounds, which required stitching - and was found with multiple scratches and abrasions on his body. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Colourful heather landscape with small spur trees and blue sky and clouds at the nature reserve Den Treek where the attack took place Credit: Alamy 4 Warning signs on how to handle a wolf encounter are placed at the entrances of the nature estate Credit: Alamy 4 Picture shows rogue wolf named Bram who is suspected to be behind the dangerous attack Credit: Animal Rights Netherlands He went for a walk with his mum and younger brother in the Dutch province of Utrecht when they saw an animal running towards them. At first, Mum Nynke, 41, thought it was safe for her children to play with what appeared to be a friendly dog from a distance. It was only when the wild wolf jumped on the boy and dragged him into the woods, the mum realised the danger. read more world news GRIM ATTACK Surfer mauled in 'shark bite capital of world' after beast emerged from nowhere Shae told The Times: "I thought it was a playful dog running towards us and thought 'nice, I'll go and play'. "But before I got there, I heard my eldest son screaming very loudly. He was jumped by the animal and dragged into the woods.' Passers-by in the popular Den Treek nature reserve then rushed to save the boy from the clutches of the wolf. The mum added: "There were two men with big sticks who beat the animal and eventually they got it off my son. I was in a state of total panic and grief." Locals now suspect that a rogue wolf named Bram was behind the dangerous attack. Bram, who is officially designated GW3237m, is reportedly on a death sentence for attacking other people and dogs in the region. Just a few weeks ago, the lone wolf bit a female hiker twice on the leg at the Den Treek estate near Leusden A court permitted the province of Utrecht to shoot the world dead, saying it poses a threat to the people, the NL Times reports. According to the court, the risk of serious injury to people is 'so severe' that the wolf must be culled. Although the objection procedure is still ongoing, the judge said: 'I am fully aware that my decision is effectively a final one,' adding they see no grounds to suspend the permit. Meanwhile, shocking footage caught the moment a farmer strangled a ferocious wolf to death after it killed two dogs and attacked his horse. CCTV footage shows the wild beast attacking and biting the man as he carries a torch in the east of Russia. The unnamed farmer and the wolf fought in the snow before he grabbed and held the animal by the neck. He is then shown repeatedly punching the snarling predator, it has been reported. 'The farmer had no time to pick up his rifle and went into a bare-handed fight with the animal,' said one report. He feared the wolf would attack his cattle, after killing two dogs and attacking a horse, the report says. Another boy was attacked by a rogue wolf in a snow-covered Russian park a few years ago. Shocking video shows the predator mauling the child's leg while the boy - believed to be aged around five - screams and cries.
The Sun
7 hours ago
- The Sun
Boy, 6, dragged into woods by child-hunting WOLF with death sentence named Bram in front of horrified mum in Netherlands
A BOY was horrifically dragged into the woods by a child-hunting wolf in front of his horrified mum in the Netherlands. The child, 6, suffered horrific bite wounds, which required stitching - and was found with multiple scratches and abrasions on his body. 4 4 4 He went for a walk with his mum and younger brother in the Dutch province of Utrecht when they saw an animal running towards them. At first, Mum Nynke, 41, thought it was safe for her children to play with what appeared to be a friendly dog from a distance. It was only when the wild wolf jumped on the boy and dragged him into the woods, the mum realised the danger. Shae told The Times: "I thought it was a playful dog running towards us and thought 'nice, I'll go and play'. "But before I got there, I heard my eldest son screaming very loudly. He was jumped by the animal and dragged into the woods.' Passers-by in the popular Den Treek nature reserve then rushed to save the boy from the clutches of the wolf. The mum added: "There were two men with big sticks who beat the animal and eventually they got it off my son. I was in a state of total panic and grief." Locals now suspect that a rogue wolf named Bram was behind the dangerous attack. Bram, who is officially designated GW3237m, is reportedly on a death sentence for attacking other people and dogs in the region. Just a few weeks ago, the lone wolf bit a female hiker twice on the leg at the Den Treek estate near Leusden A court permitted the province of Utrecht to shoot the world dead, saying it poses a threat to the people, the NL Times reports. According to the court, the risk of serious injury to people is 'so severe' that the wolf must be culled. Although the objection procedure is still ongoing, the judge said: 'I am fully aware that my decision is effectively a final one,' adding they see no grounds to suspend the permit. Meanwhile, shocking footage caught the moment a farmer strangled a ferocious wolf to death after it killed two dogs and attacked his horse. CCTV footage shows the wild beast attacking and biting the man as he carries a torch in the east of Russia. The unnamed farmer and the wolf fought in the snow before he grabbed and held the animal by the neck. He is then shown repeatedly punching the snarling predator, it has been reported. 'The farmer had no time to pick up his rifle and went into a bare-handed fight with the animal,' said one report. He feared the wolf would attack his cattle, after killing two dogs and attacking a horse, the report says. Another boy was attacked by a rogue wolf in a snow-covered Russian park a few years ago. Shocking video shows the predator mauling the child's leg while the boy - believed to be aged around five - screams and cries. 4
Times
8 hours ago
- Times
Six-year-old boy ‘attacked by wolf' in Dutch nature reserve
A nature reserve in the Netherlands has warned walkers not to visit with children or dogs after a boy was attacked and dragged into the woods by a suspected wolf. The child, aged six, was with his mother and younger brother walking on open ground near a Napoleon-era monument in the Dutch province of Utrecht when they saw what they thought was a dog. 'I thought it was a playful dog running towards us and thought 'nice, I'll go and play',' said the boy's mother, Nynke, 41. 'But before I got there, I heard my eldest son screaming very loudly. He was jumped by the animal and dragged into the woods.' • Dutch told to keep dogs on lead or risk a wolf attack (and a fine) Passers-by in the popular Den Treek nature reserve intervened and rescued the boy. 'There were two men with big sticks who beat the animal and eventually they got it off my son. I was in a state of total panic and grief,' his mother said. 'I'm very happy that I wasn't alone with my two children.' The child suffered bite wounds, which needed stitches, scratches and abrasions on his back and near his armpit. Mike, the boy's father, who was not present when the attack took place, said: 'We both feel a sense of how lucky we were. It's not like we were going for a walk deep in the woods where no one normally goes.' Suspicion has fallen on a rogue wolf, nicknamed Bram, officially designated GW3237m, which has attacked people and dogs in the area. There has been a spate of incidents over the past year involving the wolf, including a girl being bitten and a toddler being knocked over. There are at least nine wolf packs in the Netherlands and the animals are protected MANUEL ROMARIS/GETTY IMAGES There are questions over why the wolf is still at large when local courts gave rangers permission to shoot the predator in July. The attack has not been officially confirmed as a wolf incident until DNA analysis is carried out, but the reserve is not taking any chances. A spokesman said: 'Let's face it, it probably wasn't a rabbit and this is the umpteenth incident so I don't want to wait for that.' The reserve has put up warning signs 'strongly urging people not to visit the area with children or dogs'. There are at least nine wolf packs in the Netherlands after they crossed from Germany in 2015. The species is protected under EU and national law. Figures released in June showed that the number of wolf attacks on sheep and other livestock has never been higher. In the first three months of this year, 368 attacks on animals were recorded, compared with 266 the year before.
Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Axie Infinity exec, NFT scammer testify in Roman Storm trial
Validators, relayers, and private keys. Self-custody and 'smart contract logic.' Decentralised autonomous organisations. HODL. Jurors in the trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm were buried under an avalanche of crypto jargon on Wednesday as prosecutors' witnesses explained — or tried to explain — the basics of blockchain technology. Those witnesses included Viet Anh Ho, the chief technology officer at Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis, and 23-year-old Andre Llacuna, one of the people behind a $1.1 million NFT scam. Their testimony continued prosecutors' effort to show that Tornado Cash was the tool of choice for cybercriminals attempting to launder dirty crypto. Storm has been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business, and violate US sanctions. He faces 45 years in prison. Testimony Ho recalled how hackers affiliated with North Korea tricked a Sky Mavis employee into downloading malicious software. The hackers then stole more than $600 million in crypto from the software bridge connecting Ethereum and Sky Mavis' blockchain. Much of that crypto was laundered through Tornado Cash. Llacuna detailed his own scheme to steal crypto worth more than $1 million in 2022. That year, the young hairdresser and one of his clients created 8,888 NFTs featuring images of anthropomorphic scoops of ice cream called 'Frosties.' They drummed up interest in the project, promising would-be investors a Frosties-themed videogame and other features that could boost the NFTs' price. They managed to sell all 8,888 Frosties for 0.04 Ether apiece — a total of $1.1 million. Llacuna and his partners promptly deleted the Frosties website and social media accounts. Soon, they tried splitting their haul among fresh crypto wallets. But they realised that wouldn't be enough to cover their tracks. 'It was obvious to us that no matter how many wallets we sent it in and out of, it would still be traceable,' he told jurors Wednesday. One of Llacuna's partners suggested they use Tornado Cash. 'It seemed like the best option for us to hide the money and get away with it,' he said. Llacuna was arrested in March 2021. He pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, but has yet to receive a sentence. He said Wednesday he was testifying in hopes he would receive a lenient sentence. A third witness, Tornado Cash enthusiast Justin Bram, was asked to explain how the crypto mixer works. Bram made an educational video about Tornado Cash in 2021 and soon began exchanging messages with the protocol's co-founders. They eventually suggested he take a position co-managing a pool of Tornado Cash tokens that could be used to fund marketing initiatives or research. Bram detailed its so-called relayer system, which makes crypto transfers untraceable. He explained how an 'anonymity mining' program offered Tornado Cash tokens to people who deposited and left their crypto in the protocol, beefing its transaction-cloaking capabilities. Bram said he ended his Tornado Cash affiliation in 2021 because 'the regulatory climate was heating up.' Hackers were sending money to Tornado Cash, 'and it seemed like a bad look,' he said Wednesday. But he also said the protocol provides a key service for Ethereum users who want or need privacy. And Storm had never asked him to make videos 'pitching Tornado Cash to money launderers.' 'Moment of radicalisation' Storm's attorneys, in turn, continued their attempt to reframe Tornado Cash in jurors' minds. It was not a tool built for and marketed to money launderers, Storm's attorneys suggested, but a tool for the privacy-conscious that was simply misused by cybercriminals. Under questioning from one of Storm's attorneys, Llacuna acknowledged Tornado Cash was easy to find online — not some forbidden software he had to use the so-called dark web to access. Indeed, US citizens can legally use the crypto mixer. But that wasn't always the case: In 2022, the US sanctioned Tornado Cash, making it a crime for any US citizen to use the protocol. 'The original Tornado Cash blacklist by OFAC was sort of a moment of radicalisation for me,' Tim Clancy, a member of the Silviculture Society, a group that advises the Ethereum Foundation, told DL News outside Storm's courtroom Wednesday. 'Tornado Cash was filling an extremely valuable role.' The sanctions were lifted this year after a group of Tornado Cash users successfully challenged them in court. A federal appellate judge found the government did not have the authority to sanction self-executing software that was, for all intents and purposes, owner-less. That Storm still faces a decades-long prison sentence is a grave injustice, Clancy said. He traveled from Boston to support the embattled software developer. Clancy wasn't the only person who traveled in a show of solidarity. Storm has become a cause célèbre among crypto enthusiasts, who consider his prosecution an attempt to stifle the development of privacy-preserving software. HAI developer Ameen Soleimani was in attendance Wednesday, and other notable crypto developers and enthusiasts plan on attending Storm's trial in the coming days. Clancy said he has personally donated more than $100,000 to Storm's defence — and has a plan to donate more. On Wednesday, he brought a copy of 'PGP: Source Code and Internals,' a book by software engineer Philip Zimmermann. While Zimmermann never faced criminal charges, he became a target for US authorities in the 1990s after publishing online the source code for his Pretty Good Privacy encryption protocol. Clancy spent $600 to buy the book, he said. After just one print run, it has become hard to find. He intends to ask Storm to sign the book. If Clancy succeeds, he'll auction the signed book and donate the proceeds to Storm's defence, he said. 'We don't want him to be martyred,' Clancy said. Aleks Gilbert is DL News' New York-based DeFi correspondent. You can reach him at aleks@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
