While the investigation into the machete tragedy in Bad Sauerbrunn (Burgenland) is ongoing, the widow with the “crown” is now talking about the tragedy…
Yes, I am the widow of the man who was wrongfully shot. He never threatened me,” says Gabriele K. with a cracking voice on the phone. The 60-year-old has only slept four hours and is at her wits’ end thinking about Friday afternoon.
The Germans are said to have resorted to a machete
She and 55-year-old Erek got into an argument. As reported, the police arrived after an emergency call. The native German allegedly grabbed a machete and attacked the officers with it.
Widow wants to clarify things from her perspective
Finally, shots were fired from an officer’s gun after the attacker could not be stopped. It is said that there were nine projectiles (most were warning shots into the ground), one of which was fatal. What exactly happened in Bad Sauerbrunn is still a subject of investigation. Gabriele K. wants to clarify essential issues in the “Krone” conversation – from her point of view: “I was the love of his life, he was an artist, actor and environmentalist, would never have hurt me.”
Man warned about “the wild monkey”.
The fact is: on that fateful day he himself called the emergency number, described his state of mind and warned about “the wild monkey.” Erek would have talked about fighting back. “He wanted a team of women to come to us,” says the widow. “They don’t upset him that much.” When two men in uniform arrived, the 60-year-old went to the garden gate and tried to make it clear: “We don’t need the police, we need a psychiatric emergency service. .” Then her husband stood behind her with the “gardening machete” in hand. Gabriele K. “He put them on the closed garden gate.”
Prosecutors say the suspect attacked the officers with the weapon despite being asked several times to put it down. Pepper spray was used, but there was no de-escalation! Warning shots in the ground would not have stopped the Germans. K.: ‘Then they shot him with four shots, two of which were in the heart and lungs.’ Quote from Erek O.’s emergency call: ‘You cannot talk to me rationally.’
“Wanted help and was murdered”
What remains is the question why. An innocent police officer doesn’t know how to deal with this – a woman doesn’t know why her husband had to die. Gabriele K. only knows this: “He wanted help and was murdered.”
Source: Krone
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