Tel Aviv residents have been warned to be wary of the appearance of a stalker using the intimidating method of cutting off power in the victim’s apartment and waiting for her to arrive. out to the hall’s electrical panel.
Channel 12 reported this week that social media has been waking up with messages from concerned women about men using the latest method to “try their luck”. It is not yet clear whether the events are the work of one particular man or several people.
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One of the women, Karina, spoke about her personal experience with the perpetrator.
The young woman had returned from a local store and jumped into the shower when the electricity in her apartment suddenly stopped. She wrapped herself in a towel and went to the front door. As she approached her opening, she looked through the peep-hole, having read online accounts from other women.
The woman was horrified to see a mysterious man fiddling with the electrical panel outside her door. He heard a movement on the other side of the door, and realized that the woman was looking at him through the hawk, causing him to start knocking wildly on her door and asking if she was right. enough.
She said the man said he was a neighbor who had recently moved into her building. He introduced himself as “Thomas” and had a clear American flavor.
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“Maybe he had seen me a few minutes earlier leaving the shop alone and then he decided to follow me into the building, he was really waiting for the opportunity for me to open the door, “she replied.” I replied that everything was fine and that he had cut off the power in my flat in the middle of the shower, so I have no intention of opening the door for him, “she said.
“He seemed to have done this a few times before because he knew how to handle the situation, his apologies were prepared.”
Karina complained to the police and later posted an account on a Facebook group, called “Jaffa-Tel Aviviot”, where she was overwhelmed with responses from women who had a similar or similar experience to the young woman. .