Wisconsin Engineer Nicolae Miu Says He Was Acting In Self Defense After Stabbing Teens At Apple River

Wisconsin Engineer Nicolae Miu Says He Was Acting In Self Defense After Stabbing Teens At Apple River

Wisconsin engineer Nicolae Miu, testified in his defense after the prosecution rested its case in the Apple River stabbing trial Tuesday.

Miu, 54, stabbed five people on the river, killing 17-year-old Isaac Schuman and injuring four others. The victims ranged in age from 17 to 24 and were from Wisconsin and Minnesota.

According to CBSNews, the state seeks to prove Miu was the aggressor that day, while the defense is arguing he stabbed the five people in self-defense. Miu is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in Schuman’s death and attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbings of Ryhley Mattison, A.J. Martin, Dante Carlson and Tony Carlson. He pleaded not guilty to all charges in September 2022.

Brandie Hart, a special services lieutenant with the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office interviewed Nicolae Miu and his then-wife after the stabbings. In the video, after being read his Miranda rights, Miu began recounting the day to Hart. He repeatedly claimed self-defense, saying another group called him a “child molester.”

NEW: Wisconsin engineer Nicolae Miu who stabbed teens on the Apple River in Wisconsin says he was acting in self defense.

Miu said the teens “surrounded him like wolves” after they accused him of being a pedoph*le.

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“They started calling me names, they got off of their tubes, they came at me,” Miu said. He said he was “so fearful” and “went into self-defense mode.”

Miu said the teens “surrounded him like wolves” after they accused him of being a pedophile. The 54-year-old says he volunteered for a friend to go looking for a lost phone in the water.

Miu said he became fearful as the teens surrounded him and began assaulting him. “All of a sudden, they were like wolves around me and they were attacking me from all direction and I truly, truly, feared for my life. They came on to me. They hit me, they got on top of me, and I don’t remember anything after that.”

Miu said two people pulled knives on him, and he took one of the knives. “I poked him with his own hand and then I took it from his hand,” Miu said. “I took the knife from one of the kids.”

He also said he was “drinking beer all day.” “Of course, I had a lot of alcohol, who doesn’t?” he said. He also said the other group — Schuman’s group — was “too drunk.”