{"id":149444,"date":"1949-09-08T19:45:00","date_gmt":"1949-09-08T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/cowardly-act\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:40:08","slug":"cowardly-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/aalten-achteruit\/cowardly-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19-year-old K. from IJzerlo was severely assaulted in 1949 by the 21-year-old K. from Aalten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a658d9d22068&quot;}\" 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