Prentice was awoken by sounds of someone entering his bedroom. Prentice switched on the light and told the intruder to get out. He was then attacked and was being strangled when he freed one hand and pressed the alarm at the side of his bed. Erskine ran off. (27 June 1986)
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Friday 17th of August 1962 (-) — Bricklayer and first victim of the Berlin Wall Border Guard Peter Fechter bleeds to death after being shot in the right hip by border guards 26-year-old Rolf Friedrich and 20-year-old Erich Schreiber. Fechter was left bleeding on the spot for over an hour in full view of western onlookers.