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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

Pictures of the year: Oddly

A look at the year's best strange and unusual photos.   Slideshow 

    Man swings machete in parking dispute

    BERLIN
    Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:06am EDT
    Taxi drivers gather in front of the city hall during a protest against fuel price increases in Berlin July 8, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man became so angry in an argument with a taxi driver over parking that he struck him on the head with a machete and chopped off the man's finger.

    Oddly Enough

    The 70-year-old man stormed off after remonstrating with the cab driver about his parking early on Wednesday morning, said police in Limburg-Weilburg in western Germany.

    Soon afterwards, he reappeared at the driver's office armed with a 24-inch machete and attacked the 60-year-old, who was taken to the hospital with head injuries.

    The assailant fled the scene, but later gave himself up. He is likely to be charged with attempted homicide, police said.



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