63-year-old killed in Innsbruck, son suspect
news/APA/Thursday 09/22/22 16:39:44
A 63-year-old was found dead by the police in his apartment in Innsbruck’s Hötting district on Wednesday evening. The Austrian had cut injuries. An autopsy has now confirmed a homicide, according to the deputy head of the Tyrolean State Criminal Police Office, Gert Hofmann, to the APA. The 38-year-old son is considered an urgent suspect. He went to the police and said a murder had started.
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The 38-year-old was then taken into custody on Wednesday evening. Since then, however, he has remained silent, according to Hofmann. The suspect did not provide any further specific information. The investigator emphasized that there is currently no classic confession. According to him, the man behaved “stoically” at the police station.
The murder weapon has not yet been secured. Several knives were confiscated.
The police had been called to the home of the victim’s relatives because an accident was feared. You last had contact with the 63-year-old on Tuesday afternoon. With the help of the fire brigade, the officers managed to enter the sample through the balcony, where the body was discovered. The time of death cannot be confirmed at this time, Hofmann said.