On Friday afternoon, the lawyer for the guard whose gun fired the fatal shot arrived at the Carinthian barracks at the public prosecutor’s office in Klagenfurt. The judge approved the pre-trial detention of the 21-year-old from Upper Carinthia. There is a “strong suspicion of murder”.
“That was a tragic accident,” says Kurt Jelinek, the Salzburg lawyer of the Carinthian Guard (21), whose gun hit a recruit in the chest on Tuesday – 21-year-old Mustafa P. died of his serious injuries in Klagenfurt Clinic.
While the flag at the scene of the incident in the Türk barracks in Spittal an der Drau is flying at half-mast and the shock is great, the investigations in the state capital are still in full swing.
Shooter found gunshot victim ‘very nice’
“My client finds this extremely unfortunate. He knew the man his age, they were not good friends, but he found him, as he says, ‘very nice’. “They got along well,” Jelinek told “Krone.” There was no motive for the intent to kill.
There was no argument. However, the “Krone” heard from those close to the two soldiers that there had indeed been friction. “That was a tragic accident,” Jelinek emphasizes. The 21-year-old from Upper Carinthia has been completely flawless so far, has learned a trade and is just a young man.
“There is an urgent suspicion of a crime,” Tina Frimmel-Hesse from the Public Prosecution Service in Klagenfurt told the “Krone” on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, three days after the fatal shot, the Upper Carinthian was subjected to a mandatory interrogation. The judge then approved the 21-year-old’s pre-trial detention, as requested by the public prosecutor. Pre-trial detention lasts 14 days.
Court spokesperson Christian Liebhauser-Karl also sees an “urgent suspicion of murder” based on the preliminary evidence: “The reason for the decision was the fact that the responsibility chosen by the suspect was not understandable from a weapons and forensic point of view . According to the Detention and Legal Protection Judge of the Klagenfurt Regional Court, the pattern of injuries justifies the strong suspicion of murder.”
There are no direct witnesses to the incident. However, it is important to clarify how the recording was made. Why did the shooter have the gun in his hand and not in the holster? Had he ‘played’ with it?
The course of the accident described so far by the 21-year-old does not correspond to the ballistic analysis. The Public Prosecution Service therefore considers the accident version implausible.
It is hoped that analysis of the mobile phone data will provide clues, perhaps even a possible motive. “I suggested that the deceased’s cell phone should also be assessed,” Jelinek said.
Source: Krone
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