The German Philipp, Margrave had defeated the cancer. With a Bicycle tour to India, he wanted to collect donations. But the charity action ended after a RAID in Iran. The incident caused a shock.
The jaw several times, also the cheek is broken, Doctors in Iran, “with wire tied back together”: So, Philipp, Margrave of the Deutsche Welle, describes his injuries. The 28-Year-old had been attacked in July in the North of Iran in tents brutally and robbed. “It’s all right with me well,” he said by telephone of the DW. Back in Germany, him, Doctors in Munich have been removed lock the “Mouth”.
Margrave was with the bike on the way to India. On his journey he documented on Instagram, and a Blog under the name “pedal skill cancer”. In 2014, he was diagnosed with cancer: “That sounds like a death sentence for many,” he writes on his Blog. “For me it was the opposite.” Therefore, he’ll ride with the bike through the world.
For the cancer-help-the-world cycle
He wanted to create an awareness for cancer. “All should know that a diagnosis does not have to mean the end,” he writes. With his Tour of Dresden to the mountains of Europe and Central Asia to the South of India, he wanted to collect donations for cancer aid Association in his native Dresden.
When camping on the Caspian sea in Northern Iran, he was attacked by his own admission, at the end of July by several men and robbed. Six Suspects had only been a day after the Robbery and arrested and had confessed to the crime, reported as a moderately well-known Iranian Online news site Fararu. Some of the alleged perpetrators had already been convicted.
On Instagram, Philipp, Margrave of his Robbery reported.
In the case of a police interrogation one of the Suspects have admitted to the news portal that, that Margrave had not been deliberately targeted as a Tourist “For some months now the best we will fail in violent people, but we were looking for a no foreign tourists.” In Iran, the West coast of the Caspian sea as a holiday is a popular destination. Of pages of the Federal foreign office there are no security warnings for the area.
Iranian Public is appalled by incident
In the Iranian Public with a contribution by Philipp Marquis on 4 provided. August in the social network Instagram for a lot of attention. “As an Iranian, I want to apologize to me,” wrote a user in response to his story under the post. In Iranian media has reported extensively on the case. The Iranian famous singer and enthusiastic cyclists Mani Rahnama showed in a post on Instagram in solidarity with the Marquis in the hospital.
Rahnama criticized that the Federation of Iranian cyclists have not cared for the Marquis, because he had, according to the Federation no official approval for a bike tour through Iran. “Where is our world famous hospitality?”, Rahnama writes in his contribution. Such stories would damage the Image of the Iran’s heavy.
The Iranian singer Mani Rahnama visited Philipp Margrave in the hospital.
Deutsche Welle said the Margrave, he need some rest, so he had his journey interrupted once. He wanted to continue his bike ride but. “The fun I’ll not spoil,” he told DW. What is happening on the ground all you would have to discuss longer and in peace. About the media coverage in Iran, he was overwhelmed: “I am become a local legend, without wanting it.”
With the assistance of Shahram Islami and Shabnam from home.