The Gentleman Report
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A manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two other folks and fled the scene, native police mentioned Monday.
Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, used to be killed within the village of Altenfelden in Austria’s rural Muhlviertel area, close to the border with Germany and the Czech Republic.
A 2nd guy used to be additionally shot lifeless a twinkling of an eye later, Higher Austria police spokesperson Ulrike Handelbauer advised The Gentleman Report.
A big-scale police operation with helicopters and particular forces is underway, she mentioned.
Police mentioned Roland Drexler, 56, is suspected of getting killed the 2 males and made a getaway in a Volkswagen Caddy. “The person is assumed to be extraordinarily bad and armed,” police mentioned.
A dispute over searching rights seemed to have sparked the incident, police added. It used to be now not in an instant transparent why a long-running feud had escalated.
In keeping with Kronen Zeitung, an area outlet, the suspect used to be recognized to hunters within the space. “He used to be a troublesome particular person,” mentioned a hunter from the world who wanted to not be named.
The taking pictures stunned officers on the Other people’s Birthday party (OVP) regional headquarters in Linz. “It’s insanity,” mentioned state celebration chief Florian Hiegelsperger.
Herbert Sieghartsleitner, the state searching grasp, mentioned the incident used to be “incredible.”
“I’m deeply stunned by way of what has took place. I knew Franz Hofer really well for my part,” he mentioned, in keeping with Kronen Zeitung.
