New details after the drama in Austria: the father is knocked unconscious – the son drowns in the river
Created: 08/30/2022, 04:57
By: Stefanie Fischhaber
After a robbery on his father, a six-year-old died in the Tiroler Ache.
© Georg Köchler/ dpa
A German was apparently beaten unconscious and robbed in Tyrol.
His mentally handicapped son drowned in a river a short time later.
Now there are new details.
Update from August 29:
It is an incredible drama that took place in Tyrol in Austria over the weekend.
A German is knocked unconscious and robbed, his disabled son drowns in a river shortly afterwards.
As the Tyrol police reported on Sunday, the 37-year-old is a man from Germany, and the son who died in the accident was an Austrian national.
As the
Krone
reports, the child should be autopsied in the morning.
Accordingly, an expert report for the father's injuries is said to have been commissioned.
As the
Krone
reports, citing LKA boss Katja Tersch, the nocturnal walk for father and son was not unusual.
"The severely mentally handicapped boy regularly suffered from sleep disorders," says Tersch.
A genetic defect was found in the six-year-old that made it impossible for him to speak.
The exact background of the crime is still unclear the day after.
Original message
: St. Johann - A child tragically lost his life in Austria at the weekend: After his father was robbed, a six-year-old died in the Tiroler Ache.
The 37-year-old man was apparently attacked in St. Johann in Tirol, knocked unconscious and robbed.
His six-year-old son later drowned in a river.
Robbery in Tyrol: 37-year-old German is knocked unconscious
As the Tyrol Police Department announced, the native German was walking on the Redford Promenade around 4 a.m. on Sunday (August 28).
He pushed his six-year-old son in front of him in a buggy.
According to the authorities, an unknown person approached a jetty on the Kitzbüheler Ache and hit the 37-year-old with a targeted and powerful blow on the back of the head with a bottle.
The victim then fell to the ground and remained unconscious.
"As a result, the perpetrator may have taken the man's wallet and mobile phone and fled in an unknown direction," the police press office said.
A passer-by found the victim an hour later and alerted the emergency services.
But not only the mobile phone and the purse of the attacked were gone, there was also no trace of the child.
Austria: After an attack on the father – the unattended son drowns in the river
After an hour-long search by the fire brigade, police and search dogs, the six-year-old was found.
According to the report, the child was found dead 600 meters downstream.
Investigators assume that the mentally handicapped boy got out of the stroller on his own and fell into the river.
The investigators did not initially discover any signs of external violence, the police said.
The victim's cell phone and wallet were found near the scene of the crime.
The father of the deceased child was injured in the hospital and received psychological care there.
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