From the New York Post: The heroic American tourist who was stabbed while protecting two women being violently assaulted on a tram in Germany has been identified as a part-time model from upstate New York who was left with gruesome facial injuries.
John Rudat, 21, was traveling in the city of Dresden early Sunday when he stepped in as the women were being attacked by a pair of men, according to an online fundraiser set up by his brother’s girlfriend Molly.
The part-time model — who is also a newly qualified paramedic — was hospitalized with knife wounds to his face after bravely intervening.
The report explains that Rudat was visiting his former foreign exchange host family in Dresden, Germany when the terrifying assault occurred.
One of the attackers, described as a 21-year-old Syrian national, was arrested but later released by prosecutors in Germany, as they claimed “there was no evidence he carried out the stabbing.” One post on Instagram suggested the Syrian man who was detained and then released was just an “accomplice,” and claimed the man who actually did the stabbing is the one who fled the scene.
The report also states that the attacker was a “well-known local thug and drug dealer.”
Meanwhile, Rudat is blasting Germany’s “immigration problem.” In a video posted to Instagram from his hospital bed, with his nose all bandaged up, he unleashed his fury.
Below is a summary of his comments:
“If y’all didn’t think Europe had an immigration problem, especially Germany, let me drop some knowledge on you. It is 11:57 a.m. right now. In three minutes, that man that assaulted that young woman will be released from custody. He’ll be released from custody because he’s not a citizen of Germany, he’s not a citizen of the EU for that matter.
“He’s an immigrant, an illegal one, a drug dealer, and very popularly known here, especially by the police. This is not the first time this has happened. It’s not the first time that man has beaten up women, and it’s not the first time that the other guy decided to take a swing at my face with a six-inch blade.
“If they could do this to the people of Germany and then just get released 12 hours later — even less at this point — where is the law? Where is the structure? If Germans are held to that law and that structure, but these people could just come in, swing knives and hurt, abuse, terrorize and oppress citizens of Germany, then what do we do?”
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Below are modeling photos Rudat posted on Instagram last month, prior to the attack.
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