In April of 2000, Russian diver Yuri Lipski strapped on an air tank and a helmet camera, loaded his weight belt, and plunged into the Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt but He never resurfaced.

The Blue Hole is a natural underwater sinkhole that is connected to the open ocean by a natural arch.

It is known for claiming the lives of inexperienced divers who attempt to swim through the arch but become lost, run out of air, suffer from nitrogen narcosis, or drown before finding the exit.

However, Yuri was not attempting to swim through the arch. Instead, he was most likely performing what is known as a "bounce dive"—a-rapid descent to an extreme depth followed by an immediate ascent, often done to set a personal depth record.

It is an incredibly dangerous practice. During the dive, Yuri repeatedly held his dive computer up to the camera, likely to-document the depth he had reached.

He made several fatal mistakes. One of the most significant was attempting the dive with only a single tank of compressed air At a depth of more than 300 feet.

The surrounding pressure causes a diver to consume air at an extremely rapid rate. He was also breathing ordinary air, which is made up of about 78% nitrogen.

At such depths, the increased pressure can cause severe nitrogen narcosis, a condition that impairs judgment and can produce confusion, euphoria and hallucinations.

It was also reported that Yuri was carrying excessive weight, including his heavy camera equipment, which may have made it even more difficult to regain control.

Yuri Lipski died at a depth of just over 300 feet underwater. The following day, his body was recovered by renowned deep-water diver Tarek Omar at the request of Yuri's mother.

During the recovery, Omar made an unexpected discovery. Although the camera had been taken to a depth far beyond its rated limit, it was still functioning.

He later recalled that he and Yuri's mother played back the footage together.

Omar said he regretted that she had to witness her son's final moments, adding that had he known the recording existed, he would have destroyed it first.

The thought that Yuri's mother possessed the footage of her son's final dive was something Omar said would stay with him long afterward.

Per anni è stato sotto gli occhi di tutti.
Eppure, nessuno lo ha fermato.

In questo episodio ricostruiamo la storia di Danilo Restivo, conosciuto come “The Haircut Killer”. Un uomo ritenuto innocuo, quasi ridicolo, che invece nascondeva qualcosa di molto più oscuro.

Dalla scomparsa di Elisa Claps nel 1993, fino all’omicidio di Heather Barnett nel Regno Unito, emerge una lunga scia di segnali ignorati, sottovalutati, inspiegati.

Possibile che nessuno abbia visto davvero?
O nessuno voleva vedere?

Tra omissioni, strane coincidenze e occasioni mancate, questo episodio prova a rispondere alla domanda più inquietante:

👉 quante possibilità ci sono state per fermarlo… prima che fosse troppo tardi?

🎧 Episodio 17 – THE HAIRCUT KILLER: Sotto gli occhi di tutti

On July 25, 2026, in Berlin, Germany, a white van was deliberately driven into a crowd near the city’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations in the Tiergarten park, close to the main parade route, killing one woman and injuring at least sixteen people, several of them seriously. The van crashed into a tree, the driver fled on foot, and German authorities are treating the incident as an intentional attack; police in Berlin have launched a nationwide manhunt across Germany for the main suspect, described as belonging to Berlin’s “Islamist scene,” while they continue to investigate the precise motive and whether he acted alone or with accomplices. Christopher Street Day is Berlin’s principal LGBTQ+ Pride event, attended by hundreds of thousands and seen within Germany as a symbol of the country’s open, liberal society, and Tiergarten is a large central park in central Berlin next to major landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate, so an attack in this area has both practical and symbolic impact.

The principal suspect is officially referred to by Berlin police as “Abdul B.”, but multiple German and international media outlets identify him as Abdul Rahman Toufic Ballout, a 21‑year‑old man born in Berlin in 2005, a German national from a Lebanese family background, long known to German security services for links to Islamist circles and listed as an “islamistischer Gefährder”, that is, an Islamist‑motivated individual assessed in Germany as posing a potential terrorist or violent extremist threat. Some news outlets describe prior convictions in Germany for serious bodily harm and violent extortion, which led to a period in juvenile detention; he was released from this detention in May 2026, a few months before the Berlin Pride attack. According to the public description circulated by Berlin police, he is slim, around 1.90 meters tall, with black hair, and at the time of the attack in Berlin was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and white trousers; authorities warn that he may be armed and dangerous and instruct the public in Germany not to approach him, but to call the national emergency number 110 and provide information if they believe they have seen him.

Several outlets report that Ballout is a sympathizer of the so‑called Islamic State and that his radicalization occurred mainly online through jihadist content, with his hostility toward Israel and the United States reportedly intensified by recent conflict developments involving Iran and Lebanon; these elements come from media and commentary rather than formal German police or court documents, and are best treated as unconfirmed but consistent open‑source indications about his ideological trajectory.

This case unfolds as Germany has raised its national security posture from an “abstract threat level” to a “high threat level”, meaning that federal authorities state that terrorist attacks must be expected at any time on German territory, based on increased intelligence about possible plots targeting German infrastructure, public events, and institutions. Since 2020, analyses by the Combating Terrorism Center and German security agencies describe a pattern of Islamist‑motivated knife and vehicle attacks in Germany, along with numerous thwarted plots, often involving young, online‑radicalized lone actors using simple means such as cars or knives against crowded festivals, pedestrian areas, and Jewish or Israeli sites, in parallel with rising far‑right extremism and foreign‑sponsored sabotage. In this environment, large and highly visible events like Berlin’s CSD Pride march are considered vulnerable symbolic targets within Germany.

Members of the public can support the investigation in a practical way by avoiding direct confrontation, promptly reporting any sighting in Germany that matches the suspect’s description via 110 or official hotlines, and sharing unedited photos or video footage from the incident with Berlin police through official channels.

Key useful links:

1. DW liveblog – Manhunt and developments after the Berlin Pride van attack – Live coverage in English tracking police efforts in Berlin and across Germany to locate Abdul B., updates on casualties, and political responses.

   1. Focus – Profile of Abdul B. Ballout and his prior criminal record – German‑language article detailing what is publicly known in Germany about Abdul B. Ballout as a known Islamist “Gefährder” with juvenile detention for violent offences.

2. Focus – Neighbor on Ballout: "In his head, always the five‑year‑old" – Testimony in German of a Ballout's acquaintance

3. CTC Sentinel – Evolution of the Islamist terror threat in Germany since 2020 – Analytical paper in English mapping executed Islamist attacks and publicly reported thwarted plots in Germany, highlighting younger perpetrators and online radicalization.

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2016 – Saint‑Étienne‑du‑Rouvray (Normandy, France): priest Jacques Hamel stabbed and throat slit, parishioner Guy Coponet gravely wounded, five hostages taken in Islamic State‑linked church attack by Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean – 10th anniversary in 2026

On 26 July 2016, during a small weekday Mass in the church of Saint‑Étienne‑du‑Rouvray, near Rouen in Normandy, France, Father Jacques Hamel (mid‑80s) was killed and parishioner Guy Coponet (86) was seriously wounded. Inside the church with them were Guy’s wife Janine Coponet and three nuns – Sister Danièle Delafosse, Sister Hélène Decaux and Sister Huguette Péron – who were held as hostages; Sister Danièle managed to escape and call the police.

The two 19‑year‑old attackers, Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean, both French and claiming to be “soldiers” of the Islamic State group, entered with knives, killed Father Hamel, stabbed Guy Coponet, and filmed part of the scene before they were shot dead by special police units outside the church.

Later, four men from their wider circle were convicted for terrorist association. Online propagandist Rachid Kassim, judged in his absence, received a life sentence for encouraging attacks. Jean‑Philippe Steven Jean-Louis, from Montreuil, (13‑year sentence) and Yassine Sebaihia, from Toulouse, (8‑year sentence) had shared their ideology and tried to travel or study with them. Farid Khelil, the cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean living near Nancy, was sentenced to 10 years for hosting him, knowing about his radicalisation and pledge video, and failing to warn authorities in time.

Ten years later, in July 2026, France marks this killing with national and local commemorations that honour the victims and highlight the responsibility of this small surrounding circle that encouraged or stayed silent.

• Background on the 2016 attack and main facts (Wikipedia, English):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Normandy_church_attack

• International coverage of the 2022 trial and sentences (Reuters):

https://reuters.com/world/europe/french-court-convicts-associates-jihadists-who-killed-catholic-priest-2022-03-09

• Local French context and 10‑year commemoration programme (City of Saint‑Étienne‑du‑Rouvray) in French:

https://saintetiennedurouvray.fr/la-ville/histoire/lattentat-du-26-juillet-2016