After the murder of a 20-year-old guard at the airport barracks in Wiener Neustadt, the first report of the commission of inquiry set up by the army was presented on Sunday. The question still arises whether army rules were violated.
According to army spokesman Michael Bauer, this is “a summary of everything that is already known”, and there are no new details. The report forms the basis for “any further investigations by the military” into the matter, it stressed.
No legal consequences
The Army’s own surveys would rest for now, Bauer said. According to the spokesperson, they will be resumed after a final result from the public prosecutor’s office in Wiener Neustadt. For the 54-year-old brigadier from Burgenland, who is said to have shot the 20-year-old, there are no legal consequences for the time being.
Killed 20-year-old with gun
The young recruit is said to have behaved aggressively on Friday morning and threatened his comrades with an assault rifle shortly before 07:00. The supervisor would have intervened. The conscript is said to have hit the 54-year-old several times on the head with an assault rifle, the man suffered a cut. During the attack, the sergeant allegedly drew his pistol and killed the 20-year-old.
Researchers assume self-defense
The 54-year-old was treated on an outpatient basis at the hospital. Because, according to the public prosecutor’s office, there is no urgent suspicion of murder, the temporarily detained non-commissioned officer was released on Friday. The prosecution assumes self-defense.
Autopsy report is expected Monday
A gun was fired. It is not clear whether the gun was also fired. A Federal Criminal Investigation Department bulletin report was ordered, as well as an autopsy. A provisional result of the autopsy has been announced by the public prosecutor’s office for next Monday.
Source: Krone
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