Deadly Shooting in Parking Lot in Wiener Neustadt: 20 Years in Prison

The Turk was found guilty of murder and drug trafficking in the jury trial. According to the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court, the verdict is not final because the public prosecutor's office did not make a statement.

The 44-year-old is said to have been put under massive pressure by the later victim after a failed drug courier trip. The defendant reported threats that he should either hand over 300,000 euros or the family's supermarket, or pay with his life. He testified that at a scheduled meeting in a cinema parking lot on September 24, 2023, he first fired at the ground from the car, then "hit the gas" and "in a panic" fired twice. The victim - also a Turk - died on the spot from a shot through the heart and lungs.

Arrested on the run at the Hungarian-Serbian border

The alleged shooter was arrested shortly before 7:00 a.m. in Röszke at the Hungarian-Serbian border on a European arrest warrant and extradited to Austria in May 2024. At the start of the three-day trial on February 18, he partially confessed. He admitted to a drug trip and the killing, but denied, among other things, the murder charge. The 44-year-old was acquitted of the charge of raping an acquaintance.

The demanded handover of the family business was a topic at a trial at the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court on February 5. A 34-year-old accomplice of the deceased was sentenced to two years in prison, six months of which are unconditional, for attempted serious coercion, not final.

(APA/Red)

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