Attack on field at Chanvre-Info.
The police abandoned the situation without providing security.
Murten, Sunday 16th September ’07, 04:30
Dear President of the Tribunal Canton of Fribourg,
I report the news of serious deeds that happened in the early hours of the morning in Murten around the field at the Chanvre-Info farm.
At around 1 o’clock in the morning, Sunday 16th September, a gang of about a dozen individuals in balaclavas, armed with guns, lead bars, and baseball bats, aimed to antagonize and immobilise the two watchmen of the field in Morat, as well as managing to steal an indeterminate amount of hemp.
After risking being kidnapped or worse, the watchmen successfully persuaded the attackers to leave them to stay in the same place, and finally alerted the rest of the farm. The police arrived 10 minutes after our call for help. The policemen took our watchmen to the police station and kept them for 4 hours, whilst no patrol stayed to protect the field and the rest of the people at the farm, including three women, against an eventual new attack.
Suspicious activity continues around the farm and the field, but we still are not receiving any protection against the gang, there is no police in sight. Therefore, we inform you that we are now trying to ensure our safety. The protection of the field is no longer in our means and should not be our responsibility until acceptable support is received.
On behalf of Chanvre-Info,
Laurent Appel
We call upon all of you to send a letter to the Swiss authorities to ask the revision of the sentence to André Fürst.
You can also write to André at:
André Peter Fürst
EEP Bellevue
Rue du Tronchet 6
2023 Gorgier/NE
Switzerland
