An individual brandishing a knife intruded into influencer Andrew Tate’s residence in Romania on Wednesday, assaulting an employee, while the accused sex trafficker criticized the local police for their slow response.
“A violent psychopath has been lurking the vicinity of my house recently,” Tate wrote on X Wednesday afternoon.
The controversial influencer said one of his construction workers was slashed in the arm by the attacker armed with a blade.
“The police are finally getting involved but it took him trying to kill a man before they took action,” he added.
The unidentified worker, who was near the compound’s garage at the time of the home invasion, received medical attention.
The person, whose identity remains unknown, was interrogated by authorities but was set free after providing an unclear explanation regarding “noise” and a “minor conflict,” as reported by the Romanian news outlet Gândul.
Hours later, the alleged attacker returned to the compound where Tate resides with his younger brother Tristan, but was stopped by security guards.
The elder Tate, aged 38, took to social media to condemn the local law enforcement, asserting there was an inadequate sense of urgency in addressing the “men with machetes” at his property.
“The Romanian police will show up to my house fully armed to arrest my brother and I when the British foreign office told them to ‘get us off the internet.’ But they dont show up when men with machetes arrive with murderous intent,” Tate wrote on X.
Police arrested the attacker, who is believed to be a Ukrainian national, the outlet reported.
Tristan Tate confirmed the break-in and the attacker’s nationality.
“He came back to my house. I now can confirm this Ukranian national is not a neighbour of mine but his ‘loud construction noises’ excuse worked and he was still free until 5 minutes ago. He made a second attempt at whatever he was trying and was violently arrested,” the younger Tate wrote on X.
The Tate brothers face a slew of charges including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking in both Romania and the United Kingdom.
