In Harburg a man shot an animal with a crossbow.
The animal was a local celebrity there and had been doing its rounds for years.
Shock moment in Harburg (Donau-Ries district): A popular peacock is dead.
A neighbor had shot the animal with a crossbow.
The animal had been doing its laps in the street for years and was popular.
The shooter is now threatened online.
Update from August 31
: A free-range peacock was killed in Swabia by a 23-year-old with a
crossbow
.
There are numerous threats against the young man on social media.
A number of people would have
wished
the
shooter
a lot on the neck, as a police spokesman said on Monday.
The officials have not yet had to take action.
It was not about criminal
threats
.
"We hope, of course, that it stays that way," said the spokesman.
Man shoots “local celebrity” with crossbow - residents are stunned
First report from August 28th
: Harburg - A free-roaming
peacock
fell victim to
a
crime
in Swabia
.
A man shot
the ten-year-old
bird
with a
crossbow
, known locally as "Pfaui", according to the police.
Harburg (Donau-Ries): Neighbor kills peacock with crossbow
The investigators were able
to solve
the crime because the
arrowhead
hit a sheet metal on a garage roof and got stuck.
The police officers were therefore able to trace the trajectory and thus find out that the bolt
had been fired
from the apartment of a 23-year-old in
Harburg
(Donau-Ries district).
The man admitted the act on Friday, but is silent on his motive.
The police reported him for an animal welfare offense and property damage.
The act probably happened on Wednesday morning (August 26th).
"Pfaui" has been doing its rounds in Harburg for years: 23-year-old kills animal with crossbow
In the village, the
fate of the bird
is likely to be the
topic of
conversation, because according to the officials, the blue animal had been doing its rounds in the street for years and was popular.
According to witnesses,
"Pfaui"
particularly
enjoyed being reflected in a window on the roof of a neighbor's garage.
"The proud peacock stayed there for a long time," the police report from the
Donauwörth
inspection
continued.
"That didn't bother the neighbors - but apparently one of the tenants of the house." The 23-year-old man
shot
the
bird
from around seven meters away
.
"The bolt pierced the animal across the body and splintered on the sternum."
Man discovers shot peacock in garage - and alerts the police
A
witness
had discovered the shot animal on Wednesday evening in his garage and found the remains of the bolt.
He alerted the police and the owner (70) of the animal, who lives a few houses away.
He was also given the carcass.
The police seized the crossbow and the arrow fragments.
(came / dpa)
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