‘I Screamed’: Champion Female Boxer Shot by Stepdad Just Before Title Bout in Berlin
- Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:41pm by
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BERLIN (AP) — Boxer Rola El-Halabi was shot by her stepfather and former manager before a title fight, inflicting injuries that are not life-threatening but could imperil her career.
The undefeated 25-year-old German was preparing to fight Irma Balijagic Adler of Bosnia for the vacant IBF lightweight title Friday night when her 44-year-old stepfather entered her dressing room and shot her in the hand, knee and feet.
He also shot two security guards before being arrested, Berlin police said.
Sunday’s edition of the Bild newspaper identified the gunman as Roy El-Halabi and reported that 800 spectators were evacuated from the arena.
Rola El-Halabi told the German daily: “Papa rushed into the room. He threatened us with a gun in his hand and shouted ‘Everyone out!’ And then he shot me in the hand from three meters. I cried and screamed.”
Bild reported that El-Halabi split from her stepfather as a manager in January.
“When I had problems I could talk with him about anything, except when it was about boys. That was taboo,” El-Halabi said.
The three victims were taken to the hospital for surgery.
El-Halabi won the WIBF and WIBA world titles in 2009 and has an 11-0 career record with six knockouts.
Editor’s note: This is video from one of Rola’s fights last year.
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Comments (85)
Rodster
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:14pmRoy El-Halabi sounds like Muslim name, nuff said. The religion of rest in peace just can’t stay out of the news.
Report Post »frankee47
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:14pmGod bless her and i hope she has a quick recovery.i just love sharia law.it allows for killing your own children.what a win win situation.
Report Post »fedlibertarian
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:06pmI thought Europa had super-dooper gun control?? Everyone knows guns kill people.
Report Post »Silat
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:53pmScrew towel heads!
Report Post »c10win
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:39amPlease, enough with the racist talk… They should not be referred to as ‘towel heads’. They wear a small sheet on their head, not a towel. Hence, they should be referred to as ‘little sheet heads’…..
Report Post »jordy2010
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:46pmRola El-Halabi ………..yep………. that’s a very German name allright!!!!!! DUH!!!!!!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:01pmHe’s about as German as Obama is an American.
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:40pmIm pushing 52 and i seriously doubt that there would be very many Muslim men who could best me in a boxing ring. They are too used to brutalizing women and would fare poorly against a 6 ft 3 in 230 lb male
Report Post »KenMacMillan
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:28pmHe could’ve flipped out because of non religious reasons. If he were that strict she wouldn’t have been boxing.
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:24pmN.O.W. and other so-called feminist groups are only in existance to promote a Liberal agenda. Ever hear or see Tingles or Madcow ask one of them about mid-east/Muslim treatment of women?
Report Post »mamachihuahua
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:07pmWake up America!
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:55pmIt could have been alot worse, he could have cut her head off.
Report Post »TheWilderness
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:45pmShe’s not a German…
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:44pmhey, not a problem.. just sharia… she should have known better
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:39pmMay Jesus watch over you …. and bring you peace…. and your family as well .
Report Post »SearchForTruth
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 10:07pmAmen.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:35pmI always thought women were supposed to be the nurturers that give life, not violence. What is wrong with this scene??? I learned growing up that it was an insult to ever harm any woman in any way! My hope for her is that she will learn to love life and do some good in this world. There are enough problems as it is!
Report Post »orlandojon
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:29pmGotta love those Islamo nuts…
Report Post »tgp42rhr
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:26pmOh! Look! another white eueopean with blond hair and blue eyes shot his daughter! Whatever shall we do?!?
Report Post »JM0123
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:15pmDid I miss something? I had to go back and read the article again due to the comments on here. I did not read anywhere in this article that the stepdad or the young lady are Muslim. It states that she is German, however, no religion is mentioned at all.
Report Post »Paulhgreenbay
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:29pmStop it with the patronizing.
Report Post »Paulhgreenbay
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:31pmYou aren’t savvy to the radical transformation of Europe over the past 25 years. What a shame.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:35pm@ JM0123
Report Post »Why don’t you call the above commentators “ bigots” and islamophobes” and get it over with ??
If you do that , I’ll tell you our secret of how we know this scumbag is a muslim
Czar Casm
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:38pmAh yes, El-Halabi, a very common, traditional, Germanic name. From the Frank‘s or Goth’s. Perhaps the Vandals or Suibi’s.
Report Post »aro5o75
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:15pmDid he yell allah ahkbar?
Report Post »TheWatcher
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:59pmThe Muslim way with women… If you can’t control them kill them.
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SIHKS1120
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:30pmthe religion of peace strikes again!!!ohhh if we just learn how to understand them!!!LOL
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:28pmAttempted Muslim Honor Killing?
Report Post »lankness
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:49pmit wasn’t an attempt to kill. It was a basic punishment that is completely acceptable in the muslim world. She wanted to box how she wanted to, accept she didn’t realize to him she is not a person but an object that is owned. So he took from her her boxing career as a punishment for not being subservient.
Report Post »Sam the Casual Movie Guy
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:22pmThank God they practice a religion of peace.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:17pmWow – I don’t know who did the video but it is excellent. http://wp.me/pYLB7-QL
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:31pmAgreed! Excellent!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:16pmShe could speak with him about anything except boys?? Is he her stepdad or her boyfriend? The man sounds pretty sick to me.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:53pmFor the ******* this is just a late term abortion gone wrong…
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:14pmMiddle Eastern mentality .
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:17pmYes, but according to liberal feminists, there’s no problem with violence against women in other countries or cultures, just America: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/02/feminism-explained.html America’s feminists are struggling to stay relevant here when they should be in favor of supporting women elsewhere in the world who are actually oppressed.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:20pmI’d like 5 minutes alone with this gutless, pathetic coward of a man. I’ll show him some pain and make him sing like a birdy to the true God.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:22pmWow, I hope she recovers and can fight again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11eYGdOVnvc
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:23pmIslamic honor? She’s fortunate to still be alive.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:35pmToo bad the security guards didn’t get a round off. Hope she will recover and continue her boxing career. Also hope the guards will be okay. I guess she is permitted to fight because she is not his biological daughter?
Report Post »waggie
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:37pmIf they don’t do what you want or behave the way you want or believe in the same things you do, kill ‘em (or attempt to)…uh, right?
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:38pmAmerica’s feminists are stupid. What have they changed in this country? So women are now working- great- except now it takes a 2 income family to make it. We make less, we get fired easier, etc. As far as I am concerned they can take their feminism and shove it. Women made far more advances in our culture when the saloon girls pushed the envelope. I don’t expect them to do anything for the women who suffer real degradation, they have no clue what to do.
Report Post »lankness
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:46pmMany people in this country refuse to accept the fact that in the muslim religion women are property. The christian distrust of women though misunderstanding of religious texts pales in comparison because in the Koran the text is clear. Women are a major source of evil and must be owned and controlled. Do those virgins WANT to be with all those marters? No, but what a woman wants is irrelevant in the religion. They are a reward. They are the slaves of men and can never be trusted to make decisions. That is purely factual.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:21pmInsanity, vile, evil, pure insanity at the most obvious and evil to the core.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:28pmFeminists have been caught in a conundrum fostered by their faulty logic. They should consistently stand and condemn Islam and ME countries that promote Sharia. However, this does not fit so nicely into their liberal left wing ideology so they either turn a blind eye or they rely on gibberish and false comparisons about problems here in this country or pull a smoke and mirrors routine to divert attention or subject matter away from their inconsistency. Nonetheless, their deafening silence on issues like this across the media landscape speaks volumes to the rest of the observing public.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:36pmAnother Pig on a rampage.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:38pmWas the girl shot shot ?
Report Post »Gawd I’ll have to watch the Shrews tomorrow to find out what to think :D
Anti_Spock
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:26pmOnly ignorant middle-eastern fathers REFUSE to educate their daughters about “boys.” Only evil men would shoot their daughters. Muslims = Ignorant + Evil
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:27pmhttp://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:35pmIt’s a frightful mentality.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:38pmShe’s German ? She looks like a Persian man.
Report Post »After Europe lost the 1945 war, so many Turks, Persian and blacks have moved to Berlin, the city is starting to look more and more like Detroit, what a loss, Berlin would have been the capital of the world, a sad ending to a once beatiful people.
cemerius
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:39amGotta love the “religion of peace”
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