Amyn Gindia

Amyn Radwan Gindia (born on September 29, 1967 in Vienna ; died on April 21, 2016 there ) was an Austrian citizen and a convicted murderer .

crime

Amyn Gindia was born in Vienna as the son of an Austrian and an Egyptian, who was granted Austrian citizenship one year after Amyn's birth. He was involved in drug and arms deals in the late 1980s. On October 6, 1987, he and Emile El-Khoury (born February 25, 1968) raided an arms shop in Vienna. The two tied the seller to a chair under threat of gun violence and stole 27 handguns and around 300 rounds of ammunition. In the same year, the court assumes November 17th as the time of the crime, they met with the Syrian native Zeki Ercin to deal with a drug deal. El-Khoury is said to have lured Ercin, whom he knew, into a forest on Bisamberg in the municipality of Hagenbrunn , where Gindia struck him down from behind with a burst of fire from an M16 assault rifle. He then shot him in the head with a 7.65 mm handgun. They buried the man's body in the forest. Gindia and El-Khoury are said to have been concerned with the 1.5 kilograms of heroin that Zeki Ercin had with him.

On June 19, 1988, a Viennese couple was attacked. Together with accomplice Karl A. Gindia tied up the couple and threatened the man with a silenced pistol and a knife. They looted, among other things, 5,300 forints , 1,000 złoty , 70 Czech crowns , over 4,000 US dollars , approx. 5,000 shillings as well as jewelry and other material assets with a total value of around 184,300 shillings.

On March 2, 1989, Gindia and his accomplice El-Khoury were subjected to an identity check by the gendarmerie officer Johann Habres after an illegal arms deal in Maria-Lanzendorf . The district inspector was on special patrol due to the increased number of break-ins in the area when he noticed the two suspicious-looking men. El-Khoury and Gindia overpowered Habres, Gindia murdering the officer with two headshots with a ČZ 83 .

It was not until almost a year after this act that Gindia was arrested on the basis of evidence. Among other things, around 160 handguns and explosives were seized . Amyn Gindia was convicted of double homicide, aggravated robbery and coercion and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1992. His appeal and annulment complaint were rejected and the punishment became final. The court also did not recognize any mitigating circumstances.

His accomplice El-Khoury also received a life sentence for his involvement in the crime. In addition, Gindia's mother was sentenced to six years' imprisonment as a confidante and accomplice. Among other things, she had supported her son with the robberies by bringing him there in her vehicle and dyeing his hair to make it difficult to recognize him.

Amyn Gindia spent his subsequent prison sentence in the Stein and Graz-Karlau Prisons before he was transferred to the Garsten Prison in 2009 . However, after serving 24 years in prison, he was released on parole in November 2014. After a decision by the Linz Higher Regional Court, a corresponding application to the Steyr Regional Court was approved.

On February 23, 2015, the police were reported to have broken into a drugstore in Helene-Richter-Gasse in the Floridsdorf district of Vienna . When the officers arrived, one of the alleged perpetrators was arrested on site, while the second fled on foot. He opened fire on the emergency services in the area of ​​a row house, whereupon he himself was shot several times and seriously, but not acutely life-threatening, injured. This man was identified as Amyn Gindia. Shortly before his arrest, he is said to have tried to detonate a Yugoslav type hand grenade .

His trial for attempted murder should have started on April 25, 2016 before the Vienna Criminal Court. At her own request, Gindia was placed in a solitary confinement room, where he committed suicide on the night of April 20-21, 2016. The fact that he was seriously ill and the lack of prospects for the outcome of the proceedings were cited by his defense lawyer as alleged reasons for the suicide.

On June 6, 2016, Gindia was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Web links

• Judicial decision text / 92
• ODMP documents
• Krone report on release
• ODMP report on Johann Habres
• Courier report on the shooting in Vienna
• Start of the process in 2016 , the standard on February 23, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gendarme murderer: suicide in cell. In: wien.orf.at. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016 . 
2. ^ "Lifelong" indicted again: suicide in cell. In: diePresse.com. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Funeral calendar of the City of Vienna ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 8, 2016.