Editing Iakob Ionuț (section)

== Death ==

Iakob Ionuț died during the night of 1-2 May 2025 while attempting to escape through southern and central Romania.

At approximately 9:15 p.m. on 1 May 2025, Iakob left the Bucharest area in a black 2023 BMW M5. He was carrying cash, weapons, forged documents, and storage devices connected to Bucharest Butchers accounts. Fish Collective members and Romanian police units tracked the vehicle south of Bucharest.

At 10:08 p.m., a pursuit began near [[Călugăreni]], close to [[Comana Natural Park]]. Iakob was drawn onto a rural side road near the edge of the forest. At approximately 10:22 p.m., Fish Collective members opened fire on the BMW. Iakob was hit three or four times in the chest while still inside the vehicle.

Despite his injuries, Iakob returned fire from the car, killing one Fish Collective member and injuring four others. He then left the BMW and entered the forest on foot.

At approximately 10:37 p.m., Iakob reached a country road near Comana. A 76-year-old woman, Elena Preda, was driving a Dacia Sandero with a dashboard camera mounted inside the vehicle. Iakob stood near the road and acted as if he needed help. When Preda stopped, he shot her twice in the head, removed her from the car, and drove away in the Sandero.

Iakob drove north toward [[Dâmbovița County]]. He passed around Bucharest and continued toward [[Târgoviște]], where regional alerts and news reports had already identified him as a fugitive.

At approximately 12:42 a.m. on 2 May, Iakob reached Târgoviște and checked into a small hotel near the old centre under a false name. He was not recognized by the hotel staff. Later that night, a relative of a Bucharest Butchers victim recognized him from regional reports and informed local police.

At approximately 2:03 a.m., police vehicles, Fish Collective members, and armed local participants arrived outside the hotel. Iakob heard the vehicles and jumped from an upper-floor window, breaking his shoulder when he landed. He ran through narrow streets and alleys near the old centre.

At approximately 2:13 a.m., Iakob reached the central area of Târgoviște and was surrounded. He shouted ethnic and sexual slurs and fired at police officers, injuring two of them. He then forced entry into a nearby house occupied by the Marin family. When 48-year-old Victor Marin tried to block him, Iakob stabbed him with the same gold-colored switchblade used to kill Petru. Marin died inside the house.

Iakob escaped through the backyard and reached another street. At approximately 2:22 a.m., he stopped a Renault Clio driven by 23-year-old [[Ana-Maria Nistor]], who was returning home after visiting her terminally ill grandfather at a hospital in Târgoviște. After she stopped the vehicle, Iakob shot her in the face removed her body from the car and drove away.

Iakob continued southeast from Târgoviște at high speed. At approximately 2:38 a.m., while driving on rural roads near [[Ulmi, Dâmbovița|Ulmi]] and [[DJ711]], he lost control of the Renault Clio. The vehicle rolled several times and came to rest beside a field. The crash worsened his chest wounds and likely broke several ribs.

By approximately 2:47 a.m., Iakob had left the wrecked vehicle and was moving through a field near Ulmi. He could barely walk and continued firing at anyone who approached him. The area was surrounded by police, Fish Collective members, and local armed participants.

[[Hugo Hugerinus Paap]] had entered Romania after Fish Collective operations against [[World Economic Order]]-linked assets in Switzerland and joined the search for remaining Bucharest Butchers fugitives. At approximately 2:52 a.m., Hugo shot Iakob in the neck with an M24 sniper rifle, the same model of weapon associated with [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]] during his operations in [[Tanoa]]. Iakob died instantly.

His body was later burned. He received no funeral, matching the treatment given to several senior Bucharest Butchers figures after the collapse of the organization.