A helicopter that took off in Franconia crashed near Buchen in mid-October.
Among the dead is an entrepreneur - was he the victim of an assassination attempt?
Herzogenaurach - The German IT entrepreneur Wolfgang Haupt (34) recently died in a helicopter crash in the Odenwald.
He had received massive death threats in the weeks before his death.
This is reported by the
Focus
and cites relatives and employees of the 34-year-old.
Entrepreneur Wolfgang Haupt dies in a helicopter crash - was it an assassination attempt?
According to the report, a caller with an Arabic accent reportedly reported violence to the 34-year-old on the phone.
According to
Focus, the
crash site provided
evidence of a possible assassination attempt.
The body parts of Haupt and the two other passengers (61 and 18 years old) were scattered over 200 meters.
Now experts from the Braunschweig Federal Office for Aircraft Accident Investigation want to find out whether there has possibly been a deliberately caused explosion in the air.
"We investigate in all directions," quotes the
Focus
Florian Sommer from the public prosecutor's office.
Baden-Württemberg: Three dead in helicopter crash - Heli started in Franconia
"Augustus Intelligence": Amthor and zu Guttenberg advertised the company
According to the report, Haupt ran a facial recognition and artificial intelligence company from New York.
On Sunday (October 17th) he took off with a businessman and his son in a helicopter in the Franconian town of Herzogenaurach (district of Erlangen-Höchstadt *).
At around 1 p.m., walkers near the village of Buchen heard a loud bang, and the helicopter crashed into a forest.
The three inmates were killed.
Haupt is also known because the CDU * politicians Philipp Amthor and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg campaign for his company "Augustus Intelligence".
In return, the politicians were given seats on the company's supervisory board and board of directors.
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