Operation in Austria to arrest an armed and dangerous man after killing two people, one of them a mayor

The Austrian Police have launched a large operation to stop a armed and “extremely dangerous” man who fled this Monday after, supposedly, kill at least two peopleone of them the mayor of the town of Kirchberg ob der Donauin the region of Upper Austria.

“RD, 56, is suspected of killing two men in the district of Rohrbach on the morning of October 28, 2024,” the Upper Austrian Police Directorate said in a statement in which it estimates that the man, armed , is “extremely dangerous”which is why it urges the population to avoid contact.

In addition, it releases information about the vehicle that the aggressor supposedly drives.

Several local media report a third person murdered, something that until now has not been confirmed by the Police, who have not revealed the identity of the victims.

A large-scale operation has been deployed in the region, with heavily armed police units, including armored vehicles, to capture the alleged fugitive murderer.

The second victim was confirmed, found shortly after the discovery of the lifeless body of the mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau (Rohrbach district), evidently shot to death.

public television ORF He assures that “several sources” confirmed that It was Mayor Franz Hofer, 64 years old. and member of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP).

He alleged murderer would be a “hunter” and “the background of the crime could be linked to disputes in the hunting sector,” notes the Austrian agency APA, while the ORF points to “differences over the allocation of hunting rights.”

These speculations have led to the closure of the Rohrbach district administrative offices to the public.