A 41-year-old Iraqi has been in custody since January 9. Before that, he wanted to kill his partner and two police officers while fleeing through the capital – at least that is what the Linz Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses him of. He was stopped only by shots from a service pistol. However, the indictment is still incomplete. The “Krone” asked what the problem was.
Sympathy is limited, but the case of a suspected gunman shows how slow the wheels of justice sometimes work. In the morning of January 9, the Iraqi (41) is said to have first attacked his Romanian partner (42) with a knife in Wiener Strasse in Linz and then threatened a colleague of the woman at his workplace in Pasching.
Assault rifle taken
The alleged gunman is said to have raced through Linz in a rental car and mowed down a policewoman (21) and a police officer (26) at a roadblock in Gaumberg. He grabbed the seriously wounded officer’s assault rifle and used it to force a car off the driver. A short time later, he allegedly caused another accident with the stolen car at the Meixner crossing at the Hotel Kremstalerhof in Leonding.
In Austria since 2011
Again, the Iraqi allegedly approached a vehicle with an assault rifle to force the driver to surrender the van. He was able to escape when a police officer shot the Iraqi six times and forced him to surrender. The suspect has been living in Austria since 2011, has a legal residence status, but has an asylum application pending.
He was charged with dangerous threats, coercion and assault, mostly against his ex-wife. In 2016, he was sentenced to partial custody. In 2020, he was charged with attempted coercion, but the case was dropped.
Detention was extended until mid-September
Since the murder, the Iraqi has been in custody in Linz on suspicion of three attempted murders, aggravated robberies and coercion. This was last extended until mid-September. The Public Prosecution Service in Linz ordered a blood report on January 10, a molecular genetics (DNA) report on January 18, a vehicle report, a forensic medicine report, a firearms analysis and a psychiatric report.
Everyone has long since arrived, only the psychogram is still pending. However, according to Ulrike Breitender of the Linz public prosecutor’s office, it is expected almost every day.
Source: Krone
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