After the murder of a 20-year-old guard at Epiphany in the barracks of Wiener Neustadt airport, the investigation was stopped. The competent public prosecutor sees the scenario of self-defense put forward by the 54-year-old suspect confirmed, according to spokeswoman Silke Pernsteiner. So it wasn’t murder.
Pernsteiner emphasized that the stance was essentially based on the findings of a Federal Criminal Investigation Department gunshot report as well as statements by the officer on duty.
“There was no evidence to the contrary”
The report was consistent with the responsibility of the accused. “There was no evidence to the contrary,” the spokeswoman said.
argumentation as a trigger
The officer of the day allegedly tried to calm down the 20-year-old after an argument. The conscript is said to have hit the 54-year-old lieutenant with the barrel of the assault rifle and aimed it at his superior. The soldier testified that he was wounded on the ground and, in self-defense, fired a shot at the recruits standing over him, the “Kurier” reported.
This also coincides with the shooting report and autopsy results. Accordingly, the bulkhead channel ran at an angle of about 45 degrees from below. According to the reconstruction, the shot was fired “at the standing recruit from a lying position on the ground,” the report said.
Soldier was drugged
According to a toxicology report, the 20-year-old used cannabis, ecstasy and antidepressants in the weeks leading up to Epiphany. On the morning of January 6, he would not have been bothered by the low concentration.
Source: Krone
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