Truck attack on church: 32-year-old on the dock!

Truck attack on church: 32-year-old on the dock!

Brunn am Gebirge, Österreich - A terrifying incident shook the community of Brunn on the mountains when a 32-year-old Romanian was targeting on July 8, 2024 with a truck against the building of a Pentecost church. The man steered the truck several times against the front door and the glazed outer wall of the church, which caused an enormous property damage of around 825,000 euros, as noe.orf.at . When he was arrested, the perpetrator, who lives in Vienna, remained resistant and later confessed that the Church had destroyed his life. He had previously become noticeable for coercion and property damage in connection with the faith community.

court proceedings and psychiatric reports

This day, February 5, 2025, the court proceedings against the man began in front of the Wiener Neustadt regional court because of an intentional risk to community. In addition to the criminal consequence, the public prosecutor also requested that the accused be placed in a forensic-therapeutic center. A psychiatric report has noticed its accountability, but also diagnosed a serious personality disorder, as meinbezirk.at

Already on the way to the church, the accused was involved in five traffic accidents, with a pedestrian being injured in one case. According to the investigation, he also tried to deliberately endanger two people with his vehicle. At the time of the attack, a pastor and two other people were in the church, who were luckily unharmed. The legal proceedings are scheduled until 4:00 p.m., the tension in the community is noticeable.