Josef Fill, 84, his wife and daughter, are still haunted by the aftermath of the attack, but clearing up the burglary has helped them cope. It is also reassuring that the ‘Zund’ did not come from a close person or an employee of the company, but from a drug dealer who worked with serious criminals.
The fact that nothing of the loot was found – jewelry, watches, cash worth less than 100,000 euros – does not bother Josef Fill: ‘There was nothing we are passionate about.’ The robbers certainly expected more, but Fill continued to say to the “Krone” on Thursday: “I don’t have a gram of gold in the house, I’m not stupid.”
“There is a lot to gain from this family”
But when planning the coup, the perpetrators probably had a different view and hoped for a mega loot. A 28-year-old Rieder had given the ‘Zund’ when he met a North Macedonian (46) he knew while shopping for drugs in Basel, Switzerland – he was said to have smuggled kilos of cocaine. He told him about a wealthy industrial family and that there was certainly ‘a lot of profit to be made’ here.
Two scouts intercepted shortly before the coup
The North Macedonian joined forces with a German-Kazakh (42) – they spent decades in prison and had a total of 28 previous convictions – and also brought other criminals on board. “Three days before the attack, a North Macedonian car was reported near the family home with two Estonians inside. One of them was announced for arrest in Graz, the other had to be released,” LKA boss Gottfried Mitterlehner reported about an important hit.
In the seized car, just like in the house, DNA traces of the 46-year-old, who was wanted in Germany for a home burglary, were found. It is believed that the Estonians were the scouts; the main perpetrators were not deterred by the setback.
The minimum sentence is already higher
They struck on the stormy July night, tied up the family and fled to their home country with the loot. Using DNA traces, investigators discovered the names of the main perpetrators, arrested the German-Kazakh in Freiburg (D), the North Macedonian in Zagreb (Croatia) and the ‘initiator’ in Ried. “He sees himself as a victim, but one of the main suspects says he was the driving force,” said Alois Ebner, spokesperson for the Ried Public Prosecution Service, which ordered the mother and daughter to make reports to determine whether they had traumatic stress disorder. . The minimum sentence is anyway five years because Josef Fill’s metacarpal was broken during the attack. State police chief Andreas Pilsl hopes that a fugitive still on the run will be captured so the case can be closed.
Source: Krone
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