In the Melk region of Lower Austria, a bloody crime was committed with a firearm on Thursday evening. One person was killed, the shooter is said to have holed up. The Cobra special forces unit is in action.
The bloody deed happened on Thursday evening in Pielach, a cadastral district of Melk. A man may have shot his mother’s partner and locked himself in a house as a result, police spokesman Raimund Schwaigerlehner confirmed to media reports.
All help came too late for the victim. The man succumbed to his serious injuries. The mother of the suspected shooter received psychological care.
Cobra prepares for entry
The operation, for which a large contingent of police officers and the Cobra special unit arrived, was still going on in the evenings at the request of “Krone”, according to the police. The motive is still unclear, the focus is currently on access to the entrenched gunman – the Cobra is preparing for it.
Source: Krone
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