The 26-year-old Moldovan who was arrested in January 2022 after a shot was fired at the border with Hungary is now facing charges. He is suspected of having acted as a smuggler, twelve refugees were found in his vehicle at the time. The shots he allegedly fired during a check on border guards have no consequences for him.
The 26-year-old is strongly suspected of having crossed the border at Eberau in the district of Güssing in southern Burgenland on January 17 with a van containing twelve refugees. Soldiers wanted to make a check, after which he fled to Hungary and shot the men twice, according to the accusation at the time.
Two days later, on January 19, a manhunt in Hungary would be successful. The Moldovan was arrested during a vehicle inspection and extradited to Austria in March.
shots not charged
The 26-year-old is now facing charges, but only for smuggling, resisting state authority and endangering the community, not because of the gunshots. The reason: These could not be proven, a spokesman for the Eisenstadt prosecutor’s office told the APA on Friday that the results were not sufficient to indict the suspected shots. These should have been classified as attempted murder, the spokesman said.
Source: Krone
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