The Austrian who apparently died in fighting in Ukraine is now being repatriated to his home country.
“The Austrian embassy in Kiev is in contact with the relatives and supports the repatriation of the body,” a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. The ministry had previously confirmed the Austrian national’s death in Ukraine, but did not provide further information for data protection reasons.
The dead fighter is said to be a 30-year-old member of the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement, which is not unknown in this country. The man was reportedly killed by a Russian drone. He is said to have fought for Ukraine against Russia for a long time.
His Ukrainian partner mourns the Viennese in an Instagram post. “I like being a soldier. I cannot abandon my comrades. “I came here for a specific reason and I will stay until the end of the war,” he allegedly told her again and again.
Man known to authorities
The Interior Ministry confirmed that “security authorities were aware of the person named in connection with the right-wing extremist scene.” The Defense Ministry said the murdered man had no ties to the armed forces.
It is forbidden to serve in foreign armies or the Foreign Legion. “If you voluntarily enter military service in a foreign state, your Austrian citizenship will be revoked, even if this makes the person stateless,” the Foreign Ministry said. However, an application for citizenship revocation would have to be submitted by the federal authorities to the responsible state authorities, which is probably impossible in this case.
Known for violent actions
The Viennese activist has been linked to the disruption of a theater performance at the Audimax of the University of Vienna in 2016 by parts of the Identitarian group. In the same year he was allegedly involved in violent actions against anti-fascist demonstrators in Graz.
Martin Sellner, former head of the Identitarian Movement in Austria, wrote on Telegram and He made his own decisions and chose a different path, which caused us to part ways.”
In Austria, the Identitarians, as well as their offshoots and splinter groups, are under the supervision of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The latest report from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution identified an “increased potential threat to the democratic rule of law” from “New Right” as its aim was “to overcome the prevailing democratic, constitutional and social order”.
Source: Krone
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