Oberwil BL: “Mira was the victim of an attempted ritual murder”

published26. May 2022, 5:05 p.m.

Cat Mira was rammed lengthways in the stomach with a wooden skewer. After the emergency operation, the holders are certain: It was an attempted ritual murder. An expert classifies.

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On Sunday followingnoon last week, the owner found the cat under the bed. A wooden skewer sticking out of the chest was stuck up to the lungs in the animal’s body.

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The following day, the cat underwent emergency surgery at the Münchenstein Animal Clinic. The picture shows the wooden skewer stuck in the animal’s body.

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After the cat owners found their Mira impaled under the bed on Sunday last week, they took their pet straight to the veterinary clinic in Münchenstein. The operation the following day went well, but according to the family, the cat is still in critical condition and she is certain: “We now definitely know that it is an attempted ritual murder.”

Sect and religion expert Georg Otto Schmid is not sure, but does not want to rule out anything. “A cat is an atypical choice for ritual murder. In this case, too, uneducated occultists seem to have been at work, otherwise the animal would be dead now, »he told 20 minutes. «Ritual murders involving rabbits, sheep or goats are more well-known. Cats are much more difficult to tame. In the occult, cats are also considered friends of humans,” adds Otto Schmid. Ritual murders are also more known with knives. Wooden skewers are less or hardly ever used.

In this case, the sect expert tends to bet on young people who want to take a test of courage, a sadist or simply a “crazy” is also conceivable. “It is clear, however, that there was more than one person at work. A cat defends itself far too much and obviously it hadn’t been stunned beforehand, otherwise it wouldn’t have made it home,” concludes Schmid.

Mira not over the hill yet

After the family’s last update on Facebook, the cat is doing better, but is not yet stable. She is currently in an oxygen box in the hospital and has to remain still. However, she was terrified and constantly wanted to flee. “I have to be prepared that I won’t get back the cat I know,” the owner told 20 minutes. In the meantime, the owners have also filed a complaint with the cantonal police. The wooden skewer was confiscated by the authorities as part of the investigation.

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