The Austrian police launched a vast operation stop one armed man and “extremely dangerous” who fled this Monday after, supposedly, kill at least two peopleone of them being the mayor of the city of Kirchberg ob der Donauin the Upper Austria region.
“RD, 56, is suspected of having killed two men in the Rohrbach district on the morning of October 28, 2024,” the Upper Austrian police leadership said in a statement in which it believes that the man , armed, is “extremely dangerous”this is why he urges the population to avoid all contact.
Additionally, it discloses information about the vehicle the attacker is believed to be driving.
Several local media report a third person murdered, something that so far has not been confirmed by the police, who have not revealed the identity of the victims.
A large-scale operation was deployed in the region, with heavily armed police units, including armored vehicles, to capture the suspected fugitive murderer.
The second victim was confirmed, found shortly after the discovery of the lifeless body of the mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau (Rohrbach district), apparently shot dead.
public television ORF He assures that “several sources” have confirmed that It was Mayor Franz Hofer, 64 years old. and member of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP).
He the alleged murderer would be a “hunter” and “the context of the crime could be linked to disputes in the hunting sector”, notes the Austrian agency APA, while the ORF underlines “divergences on the allocation of hunting rights”.
These speculations led to the Rohrbach district administrative offices being closed to the public.
