The madness on the Borg Dreierschützengasse in Graz is awake painful memories of the murder in Nenzing in Vorarlberg. At that time, two people lost their lives in the hail of bullets, after which the 27-year-old perpetrator led himself.
Amo Runs, terrorist files, the killing of innocent people without distinction – this was all known in Vorarlberg only from the media. Reports from a world that seemed very far away. Until the ominous night on May 22, 2016: Around 3 p.m. a 27-year-old Vorarlberg in Nenzing shot without a distinction with a replica Kalashnikov at the visitors of a festival organized by the local motorcycle club “The Lords”.
He was empty until the 30 cartridge, a 48-year-old Nenzinger and a 33-year-old Lustenauer were killed in the hail of Bullet, and another twelve people were seriously injured. Several members of the motorcycle club finally went to the shooter to stop him. The eight -time then sentenced a shot in the mouth.
In the beginning there was a banal dispute
As the police investigations would later show, the madness was preceded by an apparently banal argument by the 27-year-old with his girlfriend at the festival location. In anger the man drove home and took two replica Kalashnikovs. A few hours later he returned to the festival area, followed another word fight with his girlfriend. Eventually he went to the car, picked up one of the two Kalashnikovs and shot the crowd without a distinction.
Where did the weapons come from?
In the days and weeks later, a debate about safety policy also gave up at the Killing Spree in Nenzing. For example, there had been a ban on weapons against the perpetrator, who had maintained narrow ties with the Neo -Nazi scene. So where did he get the illegal weapons? This question is still unanswered to this day.
A wave of solidarity
Even if the Nenzinger case differs from the murderous Spree on the Borg Dreierschützengasse on many points, there is still a big parallel: the entire Republic even then grieved, a wave of solidarity won the country. A few days after the crime, the Vorarlberg motor riders called for a “drive against violence”. More than 1500 two wheelers accepted the invitation, flanked by thousands of people on the side of the road.
Eventually a wreath was recorded on the scene of the accident, candles were lit and together prayed a “gentleman’s prayer” – they were moments that came under the skin. The victims have not forgotten to this day.
Source: Krone
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