A young man wiped out his ex-girlfriend's family in Kitzbühel. Five people died. He is said to have fired 13 shots. Now the verdict has been passed.
- In Kitzbühel there was a terrible bloody act on Sunday, October 6th.
- A man (25) is said to have shot his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and her family. The presumed motive: jealousy.
- Ten months later, the verdict: life imprisonment for the accused.
Update from August 12, 2020, 7.47 p.m.: The verdict is in - and it turned out as expected. As expected, 26-year-old Andreas E. was sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders . With good conduct, he could hope for an early release after 15 years at the earliest. The judgment is not yet final.
As the picture reports, the jury's consultation should only have lasted 45 minutes. Then the judgment was clear. The jury followed the prosecutor's request. She emphasized that the accused had literally executed his victims: “This act is not understandable even at second glance. There is only one just punishment, that is a life sentence. ”The defense had pleaded for manslaughter.
Lifelong for defendants - jurors follow the prosecution's request
A little more than ten months ago, the defendant shot his ex-girlfriend , her father, mother and brother and a friend of the then 19-year-old in Kitzbühel in cold blood (see below). Previously, his ex-girlfriend broke up with. The 26-year-old said in his closing words: "I'm so sorry."
The act shocked the entire winter sports resort in October 2019. After the crime, the young man turned himself in to the police and admitted his crime. 340 people from Kitzbühel sought psychological help from the crisis intervention team after the bloody event.
Update from May 16, 2020, 10:58 a.m.: As the picture reports (article behind a payment barrier), the Innsbruck public prosecutor has brought charges against the alleged fivefold murderer from Kitzbühel . The now 26-year-old suspect is said not to have resigned himself to the fact that his girlfriend broke up at the end of July 2019 after a relationship of several years , which is why he shot the 19-year-old, her new partner, her parents and her brother in cold blood at the beginning of October.
The young man took the weapon, a pistol , from the safe of his brother living abroad. He also equipped himself with two full magazines and a baseball bat . He is said to have fired a total of 13 shots . First he killed the father of the family with two head shots, then the brother lying in bed, whom he shot five times in the head, trunk and limbs. In the parents' bedroom, the defendant is said to have killed his mother with a shot in the head.
Then, according to the prosecution, he used the baseball bat with which the young man smashed the window of the balcony door to gain access to his ex-girlfriend's apartment . He is said to have killed her with two head shots, so he shot her fleeing new partner once in the left hand and twice in the head.
According to the psychiatric report, the defendant was at best disinhibited due to alcohol, but was sane . He faces a life sentence .
Kitzbühel murders: the question of the perpetrator's sanity should be clarified
Update from October 13, 2019, 9:30 p.m.: An indictment against 25-year-old suspects could be brought in the first half of 2020. The Tyrolean daily reports this in relation to a spokesman for the responsible public prosecutor's office. A psychiatrist was also commissioned to prepare a psychiatric report. According to the report, it should be clarified whether the 25-year-old was sane at the time of the act.
The suspect is currently housed in the Innsbruck prison, where he is also receiving psychiatric care.
Kitzbühel murders: relatives publish moving obituaries
Update from October 12, 2019, 11.29 a.m.: Even days after the bloody act in Kitzbühel, there is disbelief at the extent of the tragedy. In a moving obituary notice, relatives and friends of the wiped out family say goodbye to their loved ones. “Because things happen that we cannot understand. We stand by, powerless and mute, ”the bereaved were shocked days after the crime.
On Monday, after a funeral service in Kitzbühel, the family is to be buried in the closest circle of the family.
The 25-year-old ex-boyfriend of the murder victim Nadine H. also killed ice hockey player Florian J. in the family home. The relationship between the victim and the 19-year-old who was also murdered is still unclear. Meanwhile, Nadine H.'s ex-boyfriend is in custody.
Nadine's 25-year-old ex-boyfriend wiped out an entire family.
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In Rostock a man has now confessed to having killed his parents at the police station.
Kitzbühel massacre: new dramatic details - club of the dead ice hockey goalkeeper reacts
Update from October 10, 2019, 1:33 p.m.: After the tragic death of goalkeeper Florian J. (one of the five Kitzbühel murder victims), the eagle family of the Kitzbühel ice hockey club thanks Instagram for the great sympathy and support. The home game against Vienna Capitals Silver scheduled for next Saturday has been canceled and initially postponed indefinitely. At the next home game on October 17 against Jesenice, Florian J. and the other victims of the tragedy will be commemorated in the sports park.
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Dear ice hockey fans, dear Adler family! Thank you for the overwhelming sympathy over the past few days! Even if the pain over the loss of our goalkeeper Florian Janny is indescribable, your empathetic words help us during these hours and give us consolation. The home game against Vienna Capitals Silver scheduled for October 12th has been canceled. Our next match will take place on Thursday, October 17th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kitzbühel Sports Park. On this evening we would like to commemorate Florian and the other victims of this tragedy. . . . #wirsinddieadler
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Kitzbühel: Parish priest can no longer sleep
9.35 a.m.: Michael Struzynski has been parish priest in Kitzbühel for 26 years. He knows victims and perpetrators. "I baptized and confirmed both children, I know the families well," said the pastor of the " Kronenzeitung " newspaper . He was deeply shocked. “The deed is killing me. I can't sleep at all anymore. "
Nadine and her family would get a simple urn burial in the village, said the pastor. At the funeral mass he will speak very little - because he cannot explain the madness either. “Why does God allow such a thing?” Will be one of the few sentences in the cemetery.
A question that Mia's relatives are probably also asking: The girl's killer has now been found dead in his cell.
Update from October 10th: As reported by the Austrian media, the alleged perpetrator is in a solitary cell and is video-monitored around the clock due to the risk of suicide.
The alleged multiple murderer has already chosen a lawyer. But he wants to remain anonymous because he apparently fears a shit storm because he is defending the "killer of Kitz". The public prosecutor announced that a psychological report had been commissioned for the 25-year-old accused.
Update from October 9th, 5:55 p.m.: The act not only makes Austria shudder. A 25-year-old had killed his ex-girlfriend along with her family and the alleged new boyfriend - an ice hockey goalkeeper - last Sunday. Photo reports: perpetrator Andreas E. fired more than ten shots.
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And more details come to light: According to the report of the tabloid, there should have been an argument between Nadine and her ex Andreas in a bar on the night of the murders. She celebrated with her company. Ice hockey goalkeeper Florian is also said to have been there - with his team from the "Adler Kitzbühel".
When it came to an argument, Florian should have intervened. Then Andreas started crying in front of the bar, according to the Bild newspaper. Florian drove Nadine home and stayed with her. The exact relationship between the two is currently "unclear" to the police.
At around 4 a.m., Andreas came to his ex's house, but was turned away there. He returned only an hour and a half later and started the bloodbath.
Update from October 9, 7.55 a.m.: Walter Pupp, head of the Tyrolean State Criminal Police Office, is still shaken a few days after the crime in Kitzbühel. “Unfortunately, men become violent after a breakup is not that rare. But the fact that an entire family was wiped out is something else. That even makes us police completely stunned, "he told Focus Online .
So far, neither interrogations nor other investigations have given any indications that the act could have been prevented. One continues to assume the motive of jealousy. “Of course, doctors will now produce psychological reports to find out why the perpetrator committed these five murders. But we may never find out the real motives, ”explained Pupp.
Kitzbühel massacre: autopsy result there - neighbor: "It's so unreal"
Update October 8, 3:31 p.m.: A direct neighbor of the Kitzbühel family, who was killed on Sunday, is stunned in an interview with Focus . “They were all really nice, helpful people. And now they're all dead. It's so unreal. I just can't imagine that there is nobody in the house anymore, ”the woman is quoted as saying. The neighbor's husband never saw the alleged perpetrator Andreas E., as he says. But "he should have got along very well with Kevin ( editor's note: Kevin was the brother of the killed ex-girlfriend of Andreas E. )," the neighbor wants to know.
A young woman, who knows the victim Nadine from the vocational school, told Focus that Nadine never told her anything unusual about her ex-boyfriend. “Not even that he was jealous. She didn't talk about him at all, "the acquaintance is quoted as saying.
Suspected perpetrators from Kitzbühel are guarded around the clock
Update October 8, 1:34 p.m.: The alleged perpetrator from Kitzbühel, who has been in custody in the Innsbruck prison since his confession, is said to be in a cell with video surveillance. This is what the Tyrolean daily reports . The accused is guarded around the clock "in order to be able to thwart a possible suicide attempt in good time," the report says.
Kitzbühel massacre: autopsy result there - "We are all doing very badly, including my son"
Update from October 8, 2019, 10:52 am: After the mother of the alleged perpetrator had already spoken to Bild , the mother of the young man told RTL: "We are all very bad, including my son". The couple actually wanted to get married next year, but then the 19-year-old separated from her son.
As the 25-year-old's mother explains, her family was offered support after the crime. “We have a lot of neighbors and friends in the city. We were offered help from everywhere, ”the woman continued. The mother of the alleged perpetrator explains that her son was very popular, "a little sunny boy".
Kitzbühel: Mayor expresses himself after terrible act - "long-established family"
The mayor of Kitzbühels is appalled after the fact. In an interview with Focus , Klaus Winkler confirms that the perpetrator's family is "an impeccable, long-established family just like Nadine's." The parents of the arrested are therefore retired business people who are socially committed. As the mayor further explained to Focus , none of the children in the family had ever attracted negative attention.
"I spoke to Andreas' father yesterday and assured him that the whole place is behind him and that he shouldn't worry about previous convictions," explains Klaus Winkler. The mayor describes the alleged perpetrator as "inconspicuous and withdrawn". As Winkler then explains, the number of fatalities could have increased during the night. The 19-year-old Nadine therefore offered a friend on the tragic night to stay with her. But the girl refused.
“I don't know why she didn't come with us then. But it's terrible to imagine that there would probably have been another fatality, ”explains Winkler.
Kitzbühel massacre: new details after the autopsy result - mother of the perpetrator raises questions
Update from October 8, 2019, 10:12 a.m .: As the Tyrolean state police announced in a press release on Tuesday morning, there are now findings from the autopsy of the five victims of Kitzbühel. This showed that "everyone was killed by the shots fired from a very short distance." The knife and baseball bat, which the perpetrator also carried with him, were not used for the crime, according to the police. "With regard to the number of shots and hits, there is no detailed announcement for tactical reasons and for reasons of piety," it continues.
Kitzbühel massacre: mother of the perpetrator raises many questions with one statement
Update from October 8, 2019, 8:07 a.m .: After the gruesome bloody act in Kitzbühel, reporters from the Bild newspaper reportedly met the mother of the alleged perpetrator (25). What you said to journalists raises many questions. “It wasn't five people who died, but six. Our son died too, ”she is said to have said in front of her house on Monday. What exactly she means by that - whether her son died for her or whether his life has no future after this cruel act anyway - leaves the 25-year-old's mother open.
In any case, the perpetrator went to the police himself after his act and made a confession. Since then he has been in custody.
In Halle there was a shooting in the city center, the police confirmed several deaths. Shots were also fired in the Landsberg region, 15 kilometers away, as the police also confirmed.
Kitzbühel massacre: the perpetrator's brother also has to answer - father is stunned
News from October 7, 2019:
Update 7.20 p.m.: The Münchner Merkur now has more information about the murder weapon. It is a nine millimeter pistol that has been properly stored. The gun belongs to the perpetrator's brother, who is not currently in Austria. He must now expect administrative criminal proceedings under Austrian law. In Austria it is fundamentally easier to get a gun ownership card than in Germany. A psychological report must be obtained for acquisition, the test can be repeated indefinitely.
The five victims were autopsied on Monday. Andreas E. had already been transferred to Innsbruck on Sunday, where the public prosecutor applied for pre-trial detention.
The Mayor of Kitzbühel, Klaus Winkler, pointed out to the Austria Press Agency the social dimension of the crime: "Everyone in the city knew at least one of the family that was killed." The suspect's family also enjoys a high reputation in the ski resort. He's been able to talk to his father now, the mayor said. "He is completely stunned."
Kitzbühel massacre: murdered ice hockey goalkeeper honored the evening before - SPÖ causes a scandal
Update 2:57 p.m.: The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) also expressed condolences via Twitter after the death of the young Austrian player Florian. "We are deeply shocked by the news from Kitzbühel. Our condolences go to the families and relatives of the five deceased (including ice hockey goalie Florian J.) and the EC Kitzbühel. We and the entire German ice hockey family wish you lots of strength!" DEB.
We are deeply shocked by the news from Kitzbühel. 😔Our sympathy goes to the families and relatives of the five deceased (including ice hockey goalie Florian J.) and the EC # Kitzbühel. We and the entire German ice hockey family wish you lots of strength! #RIP pic.twitter.com/eQg39VTtpu
- German Ice Hockey Association (@deb_teams) October 7, 2019After the bloody deed in Kitzbühel: SPÖ causes a scandal with comparison
Update 2:09 p.m.: The bloody act in Kitzbühel has consequences for the Austrian parties FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) and SPÖ (Social Democratic Party of Austria). The 25-year-old suspect was a member of the FPÖ, which the SPÖ local group Langenzersdorf took as an opportunity to speak of an "FPÖ rampage" on Facebook. SPÖ country manager Wolfgang Kocevar condemned the posting on Monday. He apologized on behalf of the SPÖ Lower Austria "for the senseless and completely disrespectful posting of the SPÖ Langenzersdorf".
The SPÖ Langenzersdorf also apologized for “misunderstandings” in another Facebook post and explained the reasons for the first posting. Both this and the first post have been deleted.
In the meantime, the FPÖ has excluded the alleged perpetrator from the party. "The fact is that the alleged perpetrator, in 2014, was a youth officer member of the city party leadership of the FPÖ Kitzbühel for two months," the FPÖ Tirol announced on Monday. After leaving, he was a simple party member without a function or mandate.
A summary of the dramatic events in Kitzbühel can be found here.
Video: Vortex around Kitzbühel-Posting of SPÖ-Langenzersdorf
Suspect's brother: Gun owner unavailable
Update 1:07 p.m.: According to initial findings, the owner of the murder weapon is the suspect's brother. This has not yet been achieved because it is currently in the Far East. This is reported by tirol.at, citing the head of the State Criminal Police Office, Walter Pupp.
Kitzbühel massacre: murdered ice hockey goalkeeper was honored the evening before
Update October 7, 11:31 a.m.: After the fivefold murder in Kitzbühel, there is disbelief over the cruel act of blood. The 24-year-old ice hockey goalkeeper Florian Janny is among the victims.
Ice hockey goalkeeper Florian Janny is among the victims of the fivefold murder in Kitzbühel.
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The websites of the two clubs where the talented young athlete last played appear in black on Monday. The "Adler Kitzbühel", to which the 24-year-old only switched this year, write on their homepage: "With deep shock, the EC Kitzbühel announces that our goalkeeper Florian Janny and four other people have been victims of a terrible bloody act."
The new addition was "universally appreciated and popular". It was only on the eve of the bloody act that Florian was voted "Man of the Match" at a game.
Five-fold murder in Kitzbühel: Ex-Chancellor Kurz "stunned"
Update October 7th 9:11 am : Austria's ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was also shocked after the gruesome bloody act in Kitzbühel. The ÖVP boss wrote on Twitter that it made him "stunned how a person can find so much hatred in themselves to act like this".
I am shocked by the cruel act in # Kitzbühel. It's stunned how a person can find so much hatred in themselves to act like that. My condolences go out to the families and friends of the victims.
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) October 6, 2019Meanwhile there seems to be movement again in a “cold case”. Around 25 years after a murder, the police in Hamburg are now looking for a witness with a current phantom image.
Murder in Kitzbühel: Black flag at the town hall - ice hockey goalkeeper among the victims
Update from October 7th: The day after the horrific bloody act, Kitzbühel is in shock. The mayor of the noble ski resort raised a black flag on the town hall as a sign of mourning. "We are all shocked and in deep sadness," said Klaus Winkler. The victim family, but also the family of the perpetrator, were respected in the place. "It has never been before that an entire family has been so tragically wiped out."
The last victim has now been identified. It was a 24-year-old man who was under contract as a goalkeeper for the Kitzbühel ice hockey team, said the head of the State Criminal Police Office Walter Pupp to the Austrian news agency APA. According to media reports, the man is said to have been the girl's new boyfriend. His club expressed dismay.
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On a day like today we are all just lacking words. Nothing we write or say now can express our pain. Florian, we will miss you. No matter where you are now, you will always be one of "us" - and always stay in our hearts as a friend, lovable person, athlete and of course as LINZAAA!
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Kitzbühel massacre: 25-year-old perpetrator shoots ex-girlfriend and her family
First report from October 6th: Kitzbühel / Austria - In the municipality of Kitzbühel, the police are investigating a five-fold murder case. According to the state police in Tyrol, the act occurred on Sunday.
In an initial brief notification, the competent authority also informed that the perpetrator has already been caught. The Tiroler Tageszeitung also reports that the crime took place in a single-family home.
Kitzbühel murder: first terrifying details
The newspaper reported from the police press conference that the frightening details of the crime were given. The perpetrator is a young person who apparently out of jealousy murdered his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and three of her family members. The girl had separated from the perpetrator almost two months ago.
Kitzbühel video: perpetrator motive jealousy?
The sheet describes the course of events with reference to the police as follows: On Sunday night, the perpetrator met his ex-girlfriend in a bar. There was an argument between the two. Afterwards, they initially went their separate ways.
Kitzbühel murder: the perpetrator first kills the family and then climbs over the balcony to the ex-girlfriend
In the morning, the perpetrator drove to the girl's house. The father opened the door and when the 19-year-old came, there was a battle of words, whereupon the father asked the young man to leave the property.
The perpetrator then drove home, got his brother's gun and returned to his ex-girlfriend's house around 5:30 a.m. Here he killed the girl's father, 51-year-old mother and 25-year-old brother.
Then he tried to get to the granny flat, where the ex-girlfriend was with her new boyfriend. Since it was apparently locked, he finally got into the apartment via the balcony by smashing a window pane. Here he also shot the 19-year-old and her boyfriend.
The perpetrator then turned himself in to the police. He put the gun on the counter at the police station shortly before six o'clock in the morning and is said to have said: "I have just killed five people." The police then ordered 25 units from the Kitzbühel area to the police station before the officers finally took the bodies found at the scene.
The drama is said to have taken place in this house.
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Kitzbühel murder: the perpetrator was known as a "quiet person"
According to the police, the perpetrator confessed extensively. It is a 25-year-old local resident without a migration background. He is also not previously convicted or has a police history. According to police, he is known as a "quiet person". At the time of the crime, he was not drunk.
There is currently no evidence of an accomplice. The 25-year-old is said to have acted alone. The police cite “ending a love affair” as the motive. The perpetrator lived with his family. His brother had legally owned the gun. The registered weapon was locked in a safe. How the perpetrator was able to gain access is still unclear. In addition to the pistol, the young man is said to have carried a knife with him. To what extent this was used in the act is also not yet clear.
Kitzbühel mayor reacts to murder with five dead
After the crime with five dead, the Austrian luxury ski resort Kitzbühel raised the black flag on the town hall as a sign of mourning. "We are all shocked and in deep mourning," said Kitzbühel's Mayor Klaus Winkler of the German Press Agency on Sunday.
The family of the victim, but also the family of the suspect were respected in the place. "It has never happened before that an entire family has been so tragically wiped out," said Winkler.
According to the police, a 25-year-old confessed to murdering his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend, her parents and brother, and her new boyfriend. The 19-year-old's employer was also deeply shaken, said Winkler. "She was a particularly hard-working girl, everyone is stunned," said the mayor.
Horror in Hamburg too: three years ago, a 16-year-old was the victim of an insidious knife killer. As reported by nordbuzz.de * , the Hamburg police are now pursuing a new approach.
Another bloody act shocked Austria: In Vienna, a family man is said to have stabbed his wife and two-year-old daughter.
Just last week, a quadruple murder caused a stir in Paris. A terrible incident also occurred in Bavaria. A senior dispute escalated there: A 78-year-old man stabbed a 68-year-old. Yom Kippur: what does the highest Jewish holiday have to do with the Halle shooting?
There was an explosion at the airport in Linz. A tragic family drama happened in Detmold. A 15-year-old is said to have killed her little half-brother and then fled.
His parents reported him missing that afternoon, and the sad news that evening. A 16-year-old could only be found dead.
Three dead were found in a house in Starnberg on Sunday evening (January 12, 2020). Relatives had previously called the police.
A fatal attack was carried out in the Bavarian town of Töging am Inn on Saturday night. A man stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife - in the shared apartment.
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* nordbuzz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
