After the murder by Linz on Monday, the police announced new details: a jammed weapon of the Iraqi (41) should have prevented worse. His stabbed wife will be questioned on Tuesday afternoon. And the search for the driver of the white van continues.
A day after an Iraqi drove amok through Linz, police were still looking for the driver of a white van who had been threatened with an assault rifle by the suspect. The 41-year-old apparently wanted to continue his escape with the van, but was apprehended by police officers. The suspected perpetrator is expected to be transferred to jail in the evening, police said.
Threatened rival with two knives
On Monday morning, the Iraqi is said to have seriously injured his 42-year-old wife in her apartment with two knife wounds, probably out of jealousy, and then fled. First, he drove to the Romanian’s work and threatened the alleged rival with two knives. He then raced through Linz in a rental car and drove straight into a 21-year-old police officer and a 26-year-old police officer at a roadblock. He snatched the assault rifle from the seriously injured officer and forced a driver’s car with it. Both officers are now out of danger.
Two shots fired
A short time later he built another accident with this. Again he approached a vehicle with the assault rifle to force the driver to give up the transporter. The suspect may have fired twice, according to a video. The person behind the wheel of the white van managed to escape when police officers fired several shots, forcing the 41-year-old to give up. A jamming of the Iraqi’s weapon should have prevented worse.
Search for vehicle driver continues
The police ask the threatened driver to report to the police station. As of Tuesday afternoon, the executive still had no idea of the identity.
woman being questioned
It was also unclear whether his wife’s daughter was in the apartment when he was attacked with a knife. The Romanian, who underwent surgery on Monday, would be questioned in the hospital in the afternoon. The suspect has also been interrogated. So far he has denied everything. In any case, he had often been noticed for violence against women. The Iraqi, who has been living in Austria since 2011, had already received a partial prison sentence for this.
Source: Krone
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