The license plate of the Carnival became the heart of a cowardly murder. The victims are commemorated on Tuesday evening during the Big Funeral March. Pastor Richard Pirker offers comfort: “This celebration helps us to be strengthened in the heart.”
Lordy atmosphere, cloudy air, an icy wind – so different than normal in February the Carnival City of Villach on Tuesday. Thousands of people have come to commemorate the victims of the attack from the weekend.
The funeral march, in which high political representatives are also present, is about the Stadsbrug to the scene of Horror. There are wreaths, flowers, letters; Candles inflamed before the central square goes to the Stadskerk, where the ecumenical service with bishop Josef Marketz, chief inspector Manfred Sauer and pastor Richard Pirker takes place. The words of the representatives of the Catholic and Evangelical Church are also transferred to the forecourt.
The entire funeral march is one of the strictest security measures. Road traffic is deposited, funeral march, church and the environment are observed and secured. “We are used with many staff and technical components,” said City Police Commander Erich Londer. Work is also done with a drone and a helicopter – as well as with dog handlers, the special unit Cobra and the Carinthian unit, which is also included in demonstrations.
On Tuesday, an expert staff also devoted themselves to the subject of security. Governor Peter Kaiser (Spö) and his Vice -Martin Gruber (ÖVP) mentioned concrete measures: increase in executive power, strengthening the intelligence services and stricter procedure against agitation platforms, who also talk about a ban on tickok.
Kaiser announced a “Carinthian integration contract” in which asylum seekers are obliged to become an integration year – including German courses and non -profit work. Progress must be linked to social benefits. The possibility is also required to assess measurement services and control in private accommodation by asylum seekers. “Hass messages of political Islam are forbidden,” says Gruber, who welcomes the “performless masson checks”, announced by Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner.
Source: Krone
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