Grief and horror: Father speaks after fire drama in Esslingen

Grief and horror: Father speaks after fire drama in Esslingen

Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland - Esslingen (Baden-Württemberg)- A shocking fire drama shaken the city! In a devastating incident, tenant Bernd B. shot his landlord's son, Luca S., and then set the house on fire. The victim's father, Rolf S. (76), now talks about the tragedy that has changed his life forever.

"Nothing brings my son back into life," complains Rolf S. in a moving interview with the "Stuttgarter Zeitung". Luca, a 32-year-old baran employee, had big plans-the wedding with his girlfriend was imminent. However, the landlord's gloomy premonition that it was a crime with an announcement was true. Bernd B. had not only browned with self -made weapons, but also threatened to death several times: "First I kill your son - and then I torch your house."

a drama with fatal consequences

The dramatic events occurred on Thursday morning at around 7 a.m. when residents in the city center of Esslingen heard several shots. Shortly afterwards the residential and commercial building broke up in flames. The fire brigade and SEK officials hurried to help, but found Luca S.'s body and saved his seriously injured girlfriend, who jumped out of the window. Rolf S. was saved by a balcony, while the alleged killer, Bernd B., committed suicide.

Rolf S. describes how the situation with Bernd B. escalated. After nine years as a landlord, the initial harmony had long since passed. Insults and provocations finally led to the tenant's termination and a judicial eviction. Why the authorities did not intervene despite the threats remains a mystery to Rolf S.. "I don't understand why there was no search," he says desperately.