Attack on Jehovah's Witnesses: Charges Against Bomb Maker Ready
The 55-year-old man is being charged with the crime of terrorist offenses, according to the Graz public prosecutor's office on Saturday. More than ten attempted murders are at stake. However, the suspect's defender can still appeal against the charges.
Commitment for Bomb Maker Requested After Attack on Jehovah's Witnesses
With the indictment, a commitment to a forensic-therapeutic center was also requested. No information can be given about the details of the allegations until they become legally binding, but since the commitment is linked to an indictment, according to the psychiatric reports available so far, the accused was obviously accountable, otherwise there would only be a request for commitment and no indictment. Arnulf Rumpold, spokesman for the public prosecutor's office, explained on request that paragraph 278c of the criminal code was used for the indictment, as the acts were a "disturbance of public life".
Attack on Jehovah's Witnesses: Several Bombs as a Diversion
The 55-year-old Styrian, an IT technician from the Graz-Umgebung district, had placed several partly very dangerous explosives at vehicles or buildings of the Jehovah's Witnesses since the summer of 2023. Some of the explosives also went off, although no one was injured, but the bombs were life-threatening. Above all, the explosive device at the entrance of a prayer house in Kalsdorf would have had enormous detonation power, but did not go off.
The motive for building most of the bombs was supposed to be a diversion, because the 55-year-old actually had his ex-wife in mind. He had also placed a bomb on her car in May 2024, but this also did not detonate and was only discovered hidden behind a car panel days after his arrest. The suspect, a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, was tracked down and arrested by profilers at the end of May. He cited disputes over maintenance with his ex-wife, with whom he also has two children, as the motive.
(APA/red)
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