Homicide alert in Birkfeld in Styria: A 66-year-old is said to have fatally injured his 65-year-old wife with a pistol shot between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. He may have committed suicide. The National Investigation Department is conducting an investigation at full speed.
Both sons of the couple filed a report with the police on Monday afternoon after they were unable to contact their parents, contrary to usual practice. When a police patrol checked the couple’s family home, the 66-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife were found dead.
Murder weapon secured
Subsequently, criminals and crime scene agents of the Styrian Criminal Investigation Department took over the investigation. A firearm was seized as a murder weapon. The 66-year-old had a firearms document and was legally in possession of the firearm.
ordered autopsy
The Graz prosecutor’s office ordered the autopsy of the two bodies and the intervention of an artillery expert. Both must provide information about the state of affairs. The motive for the crime is still unclear and is under ongoing investigation.
Source: Krone
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