In a dispute in the Vienna barracks, shots are suddenly fired: a soldier is killed by his superior
Created: 01/06/2023 10:18 am
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
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A young man was shot dead by his superior on Friday morning in a barracks in Vienna.
The soldier had previously fired several shots.
Vienna – The soldier fired several shots with an assault rifle at the airfield barracks in Wiener Neustadt on Friday morning, after which the man's superior shot him with a pistol.
As the spokesman for the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Michael Bauer, told the German Press Agency, the Austrian guard was killed in the shootout with his superior.
Shootout in barracks in Vienna: Austrian soldier killed by superior
According to initial information, the incident was preceded by a dispute, said Bauer.
The supervisor was injured in the course of the argument.
According to the spokesman, the dead man was born in 2002 and did his military service in Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria.
A fatal incident also occurred in Berlin on Friday night.
In an apartment, emergency services discovered a dead woman and an injured man.
A chainsaw was also found.
