From The Bizarre News Dept.
Outlaw blows himself up
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's most wanted man fought off special police and eluded capture for years only to blow himself up while fishing with dynamite, police and newspapers say.
Dubbed the "Last Cowboy" in northern Albania because of his gunfights with the law, Riza Malaj, 34, failed to accurately gauge the length of the fuse as he tried to blow up trout.
(Is using a fishing rod so wrong?)
Doctors at the Bajram Curri hospital said he had lost both hands, badly hurt his eyes and suffered serious wounds all over his body. His family rejected offers to have him flown to a Tirana hospital where he would have been arrested immediately.
Malaj was taken to a hospital in nearby U.N.-governed Kosovo.
He was sentenced in absentia to five years in jail on charges of leading an attack on the Bajram Curri police station last year. Since 2000, warrants have been issued for Malaj's arrest on charges of wilful murder, armed robbery, armed assault and battery of the education directress of the town.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Red Dirt @ Hardy's, Bridport
Sirius B @ Woods Wine Bar
Sheena Davis Jazz Quartet @ Village Hall, Ashill
Terry Nash as Meatloaf @ White Hart, Sherborne
Never Heard Of It, Same Day Service, 4th Flaw & Not Your Hero @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Aint they sweet? "Same Day Service" playing tonight at Flicks. Check out their web site www.sdrocks.com
Crosswired @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Dodgy Jammers @ Ship Inn, Chard
Alexander @ West End Hall, Sherborne
Tuesday (were known as Casino) @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Bob Hallett as Elvis @ Mermaid Inn, Sherborne
Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Flower & Raoch @ Milverton Music Club
Balzing Stump Folk Club @ Royal Oak, Lux.
Blackfoot Brothers @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
The Graduate @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Rize @ The Vintage, Wellington
Studio 37 @ The Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Jive/Rock 'n' Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Baracoodas @ The Westgate, Taunton
John de Barra @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Sheena Davis Jazz @ Ashill Village Hall
Enjoy the music!
The Editor
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