The worst fears will probably come true: After the fatal shot in front of the Türk barracks in Spittal an der Drau, the police and the Public Prosecution Service see an urgent suspicion of the crime and have requested pre-trial detention. The shooter (20) was taken to Klagenfurt prison.
Numerous mourners said goodbye to Mustafa P. (21) on Thursday morning in the Turkish mosque in Spittal an der Drau. No one could understand how this fatal shot could happen in front of the Türk barracks. “Why would anyone want to kill Musti?” was the general tenor. Even though it was hard to imagine it was an accident.
In fact, the worst fears seem to have come true: less than 48 hours after the temporary arrest of the shooter Lukas P., the Klagenfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office requested pre-trial detention for the 20-year-old.
“We have come to the conclusion that there is a strong suspicion of a crime,” Tina Frimmel-Hesse, first public prosecutor in Klagenfurt, confirmed to the “Krone”. Even if he insists in his interviews that it was an accident and that the shot was fired “somehow.”
But as reported in detail, even a loaded service weapon – in this case a Glock17 model P80 – cannot simply fire a shot. Especially because the pistol must be carried properly in the holster – except in a threatening situation or when a heightened security situation is declared. The bullet hit the victim in the chest – so why did the shooter have the gun in his hand in the first place?
Based on all these facts and the findings of the detectives based on intensive interviews with the suspect and witnesses, the judiciary was apparently of the opinion that the 20-year version of the accident was not plausible. And applied for pre-trial detention early on Thursday afternoon.
Further interviews and the analysis of cell phone data – investigators are looking for a possible motive – are still pending. The judge now has 48 hours to decide on pre-trial detention.
All “friction”
As the ‘Krone’ heard from those close to the two soldiers, there would have been some ‘friction’ between the victim and the shooter beforehand. But no one could have imagined that a fatal shooting would ever occur.
Source: Krone
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