Birgit Borns, the spokesperson for the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court, confirmed a corresponding "Kurier" report on Wednesday evening upon request. In addition to the indictment, according to the media report, placement in a forensic-therapeutic center was also requested.
32-Year-Old Drove Truck into Church in Lower Austria: Trial in February
9-01-2025, 09:45
A 32-year-old man, who drove a truck into the building of a Pentecostal church in Brunn am Gebirge (Mödling district) in July of the previous year, is set to stand trial in February.
According to "Kurier", the 32-year-old must answer for serious bodily harm, endangering public safety, coercion, and property damage. A psychiatric report attests the accused to be of sound mind, but suffering from a severe personality disorder.
On July 8, 2024, the 32-year-old caused immense property damage to the Pentecostal church with the twelve-ton truck. The man is said to have driven backwards into the object in several attacks. The Romanian living in Vienna was subsequently arrested without resistance.
Truck Against Church in Lower Austria: Pedestrian Injured
On the way to the church, the driver was involved in five traffic accidents with the truck. Four times there was property damage, in one incident, according to the police, a pedestrian was grazed and injured. During the attack itself, two cars in the vicinity of the Pentecostal church were also affected.
The 32-year-old, who has been living in Austria since 2020, generally confessed during an interrogation. He stated that the church had destroyed his life. As early as 2022, the Romanian had caused a police operation in connection with a facility of the religious community, at that time it was about coercion and property damage.
(APA/Red)
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