Riot at change of guard – recruit (20) shot dead: murder investigation launched

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After Friday morning’s death drama at the airport barracks in Wiener Neustadt, in which a 20-year-old guard from Lower Austria was shot dead, the 54-year-old superior is now the target. A murder investigation had been launched against him, the prosecutor said in the afternoon.

The young recruit allegedly threatened three guard comrades with an assault rifle shortly before the scheduled 7 a.m. transfer, federal army spokesman Michael Bauer said, citing statements from the soldiers. Her superior, a professional soldier from Burgenland, saw this from the outside and wanted to intervene to de-escalate it.

“Hit in the head with the barrel of the gun”
The military sergeant “then jumped at the 54-year-old, kicked him and hit him on the head several times with the barrel of the gun,” the spokesman said. The other three guards then fled.

attendant arrested
According to Bauer, at least three shots were fired from the supervisor’s gun during the scuffle between the 20-year-old and the 54-year-old. The recruit was mortally wounded. His companion suffered a head injury and had to be treated in hospital as an outpatient. He was arrested and is being held by state detectives.

background is still unclear
Original information, according to which the base soldier allegedly fired several times, has not yet been confirmed. Nothing is known about the exact cause of the incident. “A preliminary murder investigation has been launched against the arrested person,” said Erich Habitzl, spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office in Wiener Neustadt.

It must be decided on Friday or Saturday whether to apply for guardianship. The prosecutor also ordered an autopsy.

Source: Krone

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