Urfahr rampage
In the rampage of Urfahr in 1995, the pensioner Rudolf K. (1932-1995) killed five people (his acquitted opponent, two judges, a defense attorney and a witness) after a failed trial at the Urfahr-Umgebung district court in Upper Austria . Two other people were seriously injured.
course
K. was already noticed in 1987 when he beat his then wife to hospital. The police found four rifles and a pistol and several hundred rounds of ammunition in his attic. He stated that he wanted to become a member of a shooting club. The Kripo confiscated the weapons, and a weapons ban was imposed on K.
After an argument about building a garage, K. sued his neighbor for insulting his honor.
On March 10, 1995, the case was heard in hearing room 209 at the District Court in Urfahr, Ferihumerstraße 1. Because of the insignificance of the offense, no security precautions had been taken and those involved had not been searched. At around 3:13 p.m., the trial ended with an acquittal. K. then jumped up with the words “What kind of justice is that” , drew a gun and shot the presiding judge, the defendant neighbor and a mother of four who had testified as a witness. A 25-year-old intern, who was attending a court hearing for the first time, was shot in the neck and legs, and Rudolf K's defense attorney was also shot in the leg. The defense attorney for the acquitted man who had been killed tried to flee, but was caught by the gunman in the corridor of the courthouse and shot. A juvenile judge who stepped into the corridor to see if everything was OK was also shot dead. The perpetrator then fled the building.
After an alarm manhunt, the perpetrator was found dead around 6:30 p.m. in a friend's house in Neulichtenberg . The 63-year-old shot himself.
impact
The rampage was the reason for the gradual introduction of personal and baggage checks by employees of security services , which have now become the standard at Austrian courts. The costly security measures were also one reason for the reduction in the number of district courts through the closure of small locations.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linz Culture - Monuments. Memorial to the rampage in the district court Urfahr-Umgebung. on linz.gv.at, viewed on January 9, 2016
- ↑ 6 dead in a rampage in the district court - 15 years ago. on nachrichten.at, viewed on November 6, 2010