The shock in the city of Leibnitz is still deep: Friday two cars were blown up with two pipe bombs. The target of the attack was probably two members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious community, who had previously held a prayer meeting on Klopferweg with other family members. No one was injured. A resident had to witness the incident and described the explosion to “Krone”.
“I felt a real wave pressure at 8 p.m. in the evening,” reports eyewitness Katharina K., who is an alley away from the site of the explosion. “It felt like a bomb went off. I said to my husband, I’m going to check in the basement if something happened to the heating,” said K. But in vain – one of the explosives of Jehovah’s Witnesses attached to the vehicles confirmed, had exploded.
Car belonged to a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses
“My neighbor looked out the window and suddenly saw a car with smoke escaping.” It was not until around 9:30 pm, after leaving the church, that the other Jehovah’s Witnesses also noticed the incident. ‘Apparently it was a church visitors’ car’, K. could only guess at the time of the conversation. It is now clear that your assumption was correct.
Mission ended around midnight
“I always let the dog out in the evening and in the morning, but then I would not have seen anything suspicious,” reports the resident. For a long time, the fire brigade had to fight the smoke on site. “At midnight I got up again, the fire brigade was still there.”
Another earwitness reported something similar to the “Steirerkrone”: “I heard a bang and thought the barbecue in the garden had exploded.” Even K’s daughter, who lives a few houses away, felt the enormous pressure of the explosion.
The motive for the crime is not yet known
At this point, investigators can only speculate about the motive behind the crime. It is not yet known whether this was a targeted attack on the religious community. Those affected also have no information. A fight in the neighborhood is not yet known.
Leibniz mayor Michael Schumacher is also unaware of conflicts with parking lots. “I could not confirm that we had any problems or conflicts in this area. In Leibnitz we stand for peaceful coexistence and not opposition,” Schumacher said when asked by “Krone”.
No neighbors disputes known
Mrs K. is also certain: “We have good neighbors here and we all know each other. It really wasn’t anything suspicious and I wouldn’t have noticed an argument over parking either. There is no difficulty. Everyone has their beliefs, everyone should do what they want.”
Security alarm at the Happel Stadium in Vienna
Meanwhile, Vienna is also on alert. There, the annual summer conference of Jehovah’s Witnesses will be held in the Ernst Happel Stadium until Sunday evening. Security measures have been tightened. Canceling the event would be unthinkable for those in charge of the religious community, it is said.
Source: Krone
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