Entrenched in wine cellar and throwing explosives: Suspected killer of women dead!
Zistersdorf (Austria) - Major police operation in the Lower Austrian municipality of Zistersdorf! After a suspect allegedly stabbed a woman to death, he barricades himself in a nearby wine cellar and throws explosives at an officer from a special unit. In the meantime, he is said to have blown himself up.
This was reported unanimously by the Austrian media Kurier and Kronen Zeitung. As they learned from officials this Saturday afternoon, the accused has since died.
According to the report, he was found dead with obvious blast injuries. He is said to have detonated the explosive device himself.
The Lower Austrian police only confirmed on X that there had been an act of violence in the Zistersdorf area, whereupon a 59-year-old suspect was supposed to be staying in a property in neighboring Gösting.
According to reports, an attempt by the heavily armed Cobra officers to seize the suspect had failed. When police officers tried to approach the suspect in the early hours of the morning, he threw a booby trap! An officer from the special unit was seriously injured by shrapnel, but his life was not in danger, it was reported.
The suspect is said to have been classified as "highly dangerous"
The suspect is said to have inflicted several cuts on a woman (65) yesterday (Friday), whereupon she died on the spot.
The 59-year-old is said to have fled the scene. The two had known each other.
As Kurier learned from police sources, the suspect was considered "highly dangerous" and had access to weapons, explosives and allegedly "uranium-enriched substances". He had therefore already been under investigation in the Czech Republic.
Cobra members and 120 officers from the Lower Austria Provincial Police Directorate were involved in the large-scale police operation. There were evacuations, road closures and extensive identity checks, according to the Kronen Zeitung.
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