Drastic chase: German shoots up during police operation!

Drastic chase: German shoots up during police operation!

Lindau, Deutschland - A shocking incident shook Vorarlberg and the Allgäu last Sunday evening. A 43-year-old German, known to the police through numerous criminal records, began a dramatic chase that led to a terrible climax. The man, who was already in the sights of the police due to his criminal past because of drug trafficking, weapons and burglaries and car theft, initially escaped a tank fraud and then triggered a wild chase. He chased through several cities and ran over police barriers and injured several police officers before he ended up in the ditch. There he directed a firearm against himself and was seriously injured, but is no longer in mortal danger, as the Krone

The morning afterwards shows that the list of allegations against the perpetrator continues to grow: in addition to the tank fraud already mentioned, he is also accused of the theft of a vehicle, illegal weapon possession and resistance to state power. Equipped with a total of three handguns in the car, there was a dramatic final when the man finally tried to take life after a rapid hiding game in the accident. The investigation is in progress and the police are looking for the exact motives for these frightening acts.

historical connections to war criminal processes

In a completely different time and another context, the war criminal processes took place in Riga in 1946, in which high-ranking Wehrmacht generals and SS leaders were charged. The trial of Friedrich Jeckeln, which committed numerous atrocities in the occupied areas, received special attention. Those responsible were convicted of their crimes and executed immediately after the verdict was pronounced. These processes were characterized by concrete evidence and witnesses such as the Wikipedia emphasized, and differ significantly from many other show processes of that time. The horizon of interpretation of the time also reflects the deep wounds that the Second World War left, and the continuing effort to create justice for the victims.