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WÜRNITZ. The house invasion in Würnitz within the municipality of Harmannsdorf (Korneuburg district), wherein the house owner shot a 46-year-old intruder, has been resolved.
Three different suspects, aged between 22 and 45, have been tracked down and arrested. All of them are Romanian residents. Two of the lads may additionally have been concerned in a raid on a meals market in Vienna, it was mentioned at a press convention on Thursday.
The incident in Würnitz came regarding on the night time of February seventh and prompted a media stir. 4 masked males broke into the house of a married couple. The perpetrators have been armed with a carpenter’s hammer, steel bar and screwdriver, mentioned State Police Director Franz Popp on Thursday in St. Pölten.
The 50-year-old resident seen the intruders, so the girl went from the bed room on the primary flooring to the bottom flooring. Whereas nonetheless within the stairwell, the criminals attacked her and wrestled her to the bottom, mentioned Stefan Pfandler, the top of the Decrease Austria State Felony Police Workplace. Her husband got here to her support, and the 71-year-old fired three pictures from a handgun registered to him and legally owned. A projectile hit one of many burglars. The 46-year-old Romanian was left mendacity within the backyard, critically wounded, and later obtained intensive care on the Mistelbach State Hospital. He was additionally arrested.
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Spouse nonetheless in remedy
The spouse who was attacked additionally ended up in hospital. The 50-year-old continues to be receiving medical remedy on account of ongoing ache and discomfort, it was mentioned. For her husband, the pictures fired on the burglar don’t have any prison penalties. Investigations in opposition to the 71-year-old have been discontinued, and the Korneuburg public prosecutor’s workplace assumes that the act was justified in self-defense.
After investigations at dwelling and overseas, the accomplices of the 46-year-old Romanian have been lastly tracked down. A 40-year-old is believed to be the organizer and essential perpetrator, and males aged 22 and 45 are additionally mentioned to have been concerned within the coup. The 2 older criminals have been arrested in Romania on the premise of European arrest warrants, and the 22-year-old was arrested in Nickelsdorf upon coming into Austria.
Grocery store in Vienna-Donaustadt robbed
The 2 accused, aged 22 and 40, are mentioned to have carried out a theft on a grocery retailer in Vienna-Donaustadt on November fifth of final 12 months along with a 3rd, nonetheless unknown perpetrator. A safety worker was threatened, tied up and crushed. The trio managed to flee with spirits value virtually 2,000 euros of their baggage. A video recording machine was additionally taken with them, Pfandler pressured.
Three of the 4 accused working in Würnitz have confessed, solely the 40-year-old head of the gang made use of his proper to stay silent. He’s in Krems Jail, his accomplices have been taken to Korneuburg Jail.
“Notably brutal and underhanded”
Inside Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) spoke of a “notably brutal and insidious type of organized crime” that had been stopped. The success of the investigation was made doable not least by worldwide networking.
Romanian residents aged 20, 27, 29 and 37 have been investigated in reference to a house invasion carried out in Hinterbrühl (Mödling district) on December 13, 2023. Three of them are mentioned to have been immediately concerned, one of many accused drove the getaway car.
Contained in the constructing, a bodily impaired 67-year-old resident wakened and wished to ask his brother (66), who was staying on the higher flooring, for assist. When he opened the entrance door, he was threatened by two masked males with handguns, pushed once more into the constructing and injured.
Quartet arrested following theft in Hinterbrühl
The perpetrators searched the two-family home and located the 95-year-old mom and her 46-year-old carer. The youthful girl was attacked and likewise injured. On the identical time, the lads loudly demanded “Cash, cash!”. The 66-year-old was additionally threatened. The criminals stole silver cutlery and fled.
The quartet was arrested between January 12 and 25 in Romania, Germany and Slovenia. Three of the accused have been tried on Tuesday on the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court docket for aggravated theft, amongst different issues, and have been finally sentenced to jail phrases starting from 22 months to seven years, which aren’t but remaining. The extradition of the 29-year-old from Romania to Austria continues to be pending, in response to police, and is anticipated “shortly”.
Felony service reform brings extra workers
On the whole, Inside Minister Karner additionally referred to the prison service reform that has been launched, with a concentrate on cybercrime, as a part of which the primary 19 of 38 prison help departments (KAD) started their operational work on June 1st – eight of them in Decrease Austria. For the state, the reform means a rise of round 50 workers within the State Felony Police Workplace and 75 within the KAD within the coming years. As well as, in response to Karner, a complete of 300 police cadets will start their coaching in Decrease Austria this 12 months. This can be a new document following 280 final 12 months.
