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2005-05-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

"One extra large w/pepperoni, hold the blood!"

ZWICKAU - Two cooks from India who got into a knife fight with Pakistanis operating a pizza bar in a German tourist town have been jailed for manslaughter for 75 and 78 months.

I know when I'm looking for a good pizza place in Germany, I always think Pakistani

The brawl that the German media later dubbed the 'war of the pizza cooks' erupted in January 2004 in Schneeberg, a pretty hill town close to the Czech border. After friction between rival pizza stands, the Pakistanis assaulted the Indians, who wanted to even the score.

"They's only room fur one pizza place in dis here burg..."

In the knife fight, two Pakistanis were stabbed to death near the town square and a third Pakistani was critically wounded.

"The Showdown in Schneeberg, tonight on Pay-Per-View!"

After the eight-month trial at a court in Zwickau, defence lawyers said they would appeal the convictions because their clients, aged 29 and 27, had acted purely in self-defence.

"Pure as the driven snow, your honor!"

The court only recognised self-defence in one of the killings, and said the Indians had acted out of revenge after the initial assault by the Pakistanis had ceased.

Posted by Steve 2005-05-06 12:49:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like Zwickau needs to be partitioned.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-06 13:14|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-06 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn--even Mackie Messer is outsourcing these days.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-05-06 13:19|| 2005-05-06 13:19|| Front Page Top

#3 They held an ''eight-month trial'' to figure this one out? Revenge fueled knife fights in the town square between rival pizza merchants sounds kinda shakespearian. In my neck of the woods paki's just spit at indians.

Posted by Tkat 2005-05-06 13:53|| 2005-05-06 13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Pakistani and Indian pizza guys? Screw 'em. Next time your in Zwickau, come on down to ''Tommy O'Flaherty's'' for the best Chinese food in the border region. Don't forget to tell 'em Tommy sent ya!

Posted by Tommy OFlaherty 2005-05-06 14:02|| 2005-05-06 14:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Sliced 'em up, did they?

Posted by Fred 2005-05-06 14:20|| 2005-05-06 14:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, in eight equal pieces - 12 with the large guy.

Posted by Pappy 2005-05-06 21:33|| 2005-05-06 21:33|| Front Page Top

#7 2 Indians against 3 Paks? And the Indians win? Maybe the US ought to try harder in getting an alliance w/India ;)

Posted by Stephen 2005-05-06 22:45|| 2005-05-06 22:45|| Front Page Top

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