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The 58-year-old man is said to have shot a neighboring house and a parked car with a CO2 gun. According to the criminal complaint, the steel balls damaged the glass of a bathroom window and the window frame of the neighboring house, as the spokesman for the Salzburg prosecutor, Marcus Neher, said on Tuesday, at the request of the APA.
In addition, the Audi, which was parked in front of another neighboring house, was damaged by steel balls and paint from the air rifle on the bodywork and on a side window. The amount of the damages is 5,700 euros.
Gun ban since summer 2019
There was no demonstrable risk to people at the time, Neher explained. There was no one in the field of fire. However, since a gun ban was pronounced against the man in the summer of 2019, he has to answer in court for illegal possession of a weapon. According to a sworn legal expert, the defendant was sane at the time of the crime. The main hearing will take place on December 9 at the Salzburg Regional Court.
Former FPÖ politician shoots from the balcony
Another preliminary investigation against the accused has already been closed. It was a sensational incident in the summer of 2019. The then local FPÖ politician is said to have fired 29 shots in his garden from the balcony of his apartment while he was drunk. According to his own statements, he imagined the faces of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and fired into the bushes.
The man reportedly fired in anger at the removal of Interior Minister Herbert Kickl and a pastor. The incident triggered a police operation with the support of Cobra. Flachgauer was expelled from the game after the incident. In August 2019 he resigned from the municipal council.
case closed
At that time, the Salzburg prosecutor’s office launched investigations against the man for endangering physical security. The suspension of the criminal proceedings regarding the shooting in the summer of 2019 was done “because there was no specific danger to people,” the Salzburg prosecutor said in January 2020. No other things were damaged either.
(Those: APA)
