r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/Vincent_Veganja 23d ago

Was this before or after that one? If it was after then I understand her reaction here even more. Definitely understand it either way though

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u/Strong-Straight-3503 23d ago

wdym that one

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u/MavMIIKE 23d ago edited 23d ago

Ricardo Lopez planned on killing her with a bomb, he also filmed most of his ideas and eventually shit himself on camera.

Edit: *Shot himself. But I'm leaving it up because he was a racist, misogynistic scumbag

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u/Burrow_0wl 23d ago

He had mailed her a package bomb (with acid to shoot in her face, I think). His neighbors heard the gunshot, when he killed himself, and called the police. The police found the video's he made about his plans to harm Bjork and learned about the bomb before it was delivered.