After the destruction, the man simply got in his car and drove away, but later turned himself in to the police.
A building contractor tore down the balconies of a new apartment block ‘out of frustration’ after he allegedly did not get paid.
Shocking footage shows the development, in the German city of Blumberg in the Black Forest, being demolished by an excavation machine on Wednesday evening.A spokesman for the local force said the driver, 47, cited ‘unjustly witheld payments’ as the reason and acted out of ‘frustration’. The man is said to have obtained the excavator specifically for his destruction campaign and only stopped because the hydraulic hose broke, local media reports.The man went on the rampage after he allegedly did not get paidPolice cordoned off a large part of the area because damage to the gas containers could not be ruled out.After the destruction, the man got in his car and drove away, but soon turned himself in to the police.
He is said to be the subcontractor of the developer and claims he is owed five million euros in outstanding debts.
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