“He looked at me through the sight of the assault rifle” – the fear of death was described by the 23-year-old policewoman who was run over and threatened by the Iraqi gunman (42) in Leonding a year ago. The suspect followed the dramatic statements of many witnesses unmoved
“I’m glad he didn’t die” – that was the suspect’s only, albeit emotionless, emotion after the police officer’s 28-year-old colleague gave his statement as the first witness of the day.
“I wanted the police to shoot me,” the Iraqi said, explaining why on January 9 of the previous year, after almost killing his wife, he rushed to the duo of officers looking for him.
“We had no chance to use our weapons,” say both police officers and other witnesses. They also describe how the suspect’s black VW swerved from the convoy and drove directly towards the officers. “He even gave in when we tried to save ourselves,” the police officer said. Her colleague was rammed, flew about 50 feet through the air and was left dazed and seriously injured. During the impact, the assault rifle flew from his neck and remained on the street.
Policewoman shot at attacker
The officer who was hit in the leg – she suffered fractures and is not yet fit for duty – was also unable to reach it. “I was lying on the ground, realized I was injured and when I turned around I saw the suspect. “He was looking at me through the scope of the assault rifle,” she reports, adding, “It was expected that he would shoot.” The policewoman was able to grab her gun and shot in the direction of the Iraqi.
“I ran, ran, ran.”
The bullet missed its target, the gunman ran away and threatened drivers to steal their cars. “He shot in the air”, “He had the gun ready and threatened me with it”, “He shouted ‘go away, go away, go away'”, “He shouted ‘key, key, key'” – Various witnesses who came to the crime scene described how the suspect had behaved at the scene and that they too were afraid of death.
“I ran, ran, ran until I came to a police officer. Then my mother called and I just cried,” said a 23-year-old, who was taken out of his BMW Mini by the Iraqi and took the key.
The report decides
The 42-year-old eventually managed to escape in another VW, but then had an accident and was overpowered. More witnesses will be questioned on Tuesday, followed on Thursday by psychiatrist Adelheid Kastner. Your report will decide on the requested admission of the suspect to a forensic center. The verdict will be announced on Thursday.
Source: Krone
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