Drama in Wagna: Homeowners shoots on burglars - where are the perpetrators?

Drama in Wagna: Homeowners shoots on burglars - where are the perpetrators?

In the night from Monday to Tuesday, there was a explosive incident in Wagna, South Styria, which put the local authorities on alert. A 42-year-old homeowner who wanted to prepare for sleep suddenly heard suspicious noises and alerted the police at around 10:30 p.m. because of two intruders. The man came into dealing with the perpetrators, in which he suffered minor injuries to hands and neck.

to defend himself, the homeowner pulled a legal firearm and stated that he had hit one of the intruders in the abdominal or hip area. Despite this claim, the perpetrators fled on foot, and a large search in the border area with Slovenia has so far been unsuccessful. Two days after the incident there is no trace of the alleged perpetrators, which keeps the situation for the homeowner and the community tense.

Investigations and inconsistencies

In the case of evidence, a police service dog was able to find an empty cartridge case on a meadow, which contradicts the information from the home owner, who spoke of two shots. Residents even reported "several shots". Interestingly, no traces of blood were secured at the crime scene, although the homeowner registered gunshot wounds that would not cause severe blood loss. These discrepancies raise questions and make the investigation more difficult.

The police have already researched in surrounding hospitals, in the hope of finding references to the injured intruders, but so far without success. The investigators evaluated traces and carried out surveys in the area, while the motivation of the perpetrators remains unclear. It has not yet been clarified whether it was an attempted break -in or other motifs.

crime in Austria in focus

The incident in Wagna fits into the current discussions about the security in Austria, which are regularly highlighted by the Federal Criminal Police (BKA) and their police crime statistics (PKS). These statistics record the development of criminal events in the country and serve the strategic criminal police planning. Since 2001 all displayed cases have been registered electronically to effectively combat long -term developments and create security reports.

The PKS opens up a comprehensive insight into the security situation of the population, whereby the reporting behavior of the citizens, the intensity of police controls and legal changes are large influencing factors. Even if criminal measures are to lead to fighting crime, there is a dark field of crime that is not covered in the PKS.

The incident in Wagna, combined with general developments in the crime situation, shows how important preventive and repressive measures are of the police to ensure a safe living environment for the population. The events of the past few days are observed with excitement, while the investigation is actively continued.