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In the case of the Corona crisis management in Ischgl, the Innsbruck prosecutor has launched an investigation against four people. This was said by a spokesman for the prosecution. WHAT and confirmed a report from ORF Tirol. However, the spokesman did not confirm that Ischgl Mayor Werner Kurz and Landeck District Captain Markus Maaß were among the accused.
No information will be released on who the defendants are, he said. Specifically, it refers to the intentional or negligent endangerment of people for communicable diseases. Already at the end of august Tyrolean newspaper of the investigations initiated against Maaß and two other employees of the district administration and Kurz reported. At that time, however, the Prosecutor’s Office has not yet confirmed the investigation against specific individuals.
10,000 pages of evidence
After examining the processes documented in more than 10,000 pages of evidence, the investigations have now become more concrete, he said. In particular, the implementation of ordinances related to traffic restrictions in Ischgl, the sudden departure of hundreds of vacationers and the quarantine in the Paznaun Valley are being examined more closely.
According to the spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office Mayr, there are different versions of when the ordinances came into force, how they were announced and how they were processed.
There was a major coronavirus outbreak in Ischgl. The first cases were known in early March, the infections are said to have occurred mainly in après-ski bars. The authorities were accused of reacting too late and insufficiently.
The consumer protection association (VSV) submitted a statement of fact to the Innsbruck prosecutor’s office, which was also directed against Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP), provincial councilor Bernhard Tilg (ÖVP), state medical director Franz Katzgraber, the mayor and cable car companies.
42 percent of the Ischglers were infected
More than 6,000 Tyrol tourists from 45 countries reported VSV as victims. The prosecution then began an investigation process, initially against unknown persons, on suspicion of putting people at risk of contracting communicable diseases. In addition, a commission of inquiry was created under the chairmanship of former OGH Vice President Ronald Rohrer. His report will be presented on October 12.
An antibody study conducted by the Innsbruck Medical University shows that 42.4 percent of Ischgl’s population has likely already been infected with the coronavirus.
