Month: April 2022
Austria: Afghan asylum seeker stabs 17-year-old mother – sentence raised in second instance
Actually, the Afghan asylum seeker appealed after the first verdict in order to get a ” lenient sentence” for the attempted murder of his girlfriend at the time. In the second instance, however, the sentence was raised by the Linz Higher Regional Court – the perpetrator now has to serve 13 years in prison instead of 12.
The asylum seeker and the young girl had an on-off relationship and frequently argued about visitation rights for their common son, who was growing up with a foster family. On October 18, 2020, the couple had another argument in the room of the then 17-year-old Romanian girl in a sheltered accommodation in Linz. In the course of the argument, the asylum seeker from Afghanistan took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed the child’s mother in the neck with it. When she managed to take the knife from him, he got another one and continued the attack. In total, the young woman suffered eight stab wounds, mostly to the neck. In a first interrogation, he stated that his girlfriend had inflicted her injuries herself. At the trial, he then confessed to his crime due to the burden of proof.
The accused said in court on Tuesday that he was “sorry for everything” and “I admit everything”. Nevertheless, he wanted “a bit of a reduced sentence”. The minimum sentence for attempted murder is ten years. The court did not accept the defence lawyer’s argument that his client had let go of the victim when she was defenceless. The Higher Regional Court also took a different view of the fact that a kitchen knife is not a weapon.
In the appeal proceedings on Tuesday, the Linz Higher Regional Court (OLG) raised the sentence for attempted murder from twelve to 13 years. The first sentence had been “a touch too lenient”, the judges’ senate ruled. The aggravating circumstances had not been sufficiently taken into account. The court thus followed the prosecution, according to which an existing conviction as well as the fact that the young man had stabbed the mother of his child should be taken into account more.
https://exxpress.at/afghane-stach-auf-kindesmutter-17-ein-strafe-in-zweiter-instanz-erhoeht/
Peak of German prosperity is ‘probably over’ — CDU chief Friedrich Merz prepares for economic decline
The opposition leader in the German Bundestag and head of the CDU party, Friedrich Merz, has predicted a drop in Germany’s economic prosperity, insisting the country’s economic peak “is probably over.”
“We will do badly,” claimed Merz during an appearance on the ARD television program, Report from Berlin.
“The peak of our prosperity – at least for a certain time – is probably over,” he added, warning that politicians can only mitigate the expected poor economic development to a limited extent.
“We will no longer be able to afford one or the other. That will be the case for a certain time,” Merz claimed.
Specific population groups, such as families with many children, will need targeted help. However, according to him, all groups of the population, in other countries as well, will experience an increase in prices.
Despite the limited management politicians can make over the external factors contributing to economic decline, Merz did point the finger at Economy Minister Robert Habeck for not helping to mitigate the crisis. Merz claimed the government minister was hiding his failures behind the war in Ukraine.
“The conflict will make us poorer. Society will have to endure it,” Merz said in the program Heute-Journal on the ZDF channel.
German and Austrian mayors are dropping dead ‘unexpectedly’
Did middle-aged men, previously described as fit and healthy, drop dead in large numbers before 2020? Since December 2020, many sudden and unexpected deaths of German and Austrian mayors under 60 years old have been noted.
Why are these elected officials dying? The RAIR Foundation listed a few of the casualties, citing the Freie Bremer channel on Telegram. At least 15 known deaths in Germany and Austria were registered over two years.
On December 12, 2020, 41-year-old CSU Mayor Dirk Rosenbauer collapsed during a municipal council meeting and later died in a hospital in Coburg. The headline read, “At only 41 years old – mayor from Bavaria collapses during council meeting – dead”.
December. 12. 2020 41-year-old CSU Mayor Dirk Rosenbauer in Michelau, Germany. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
In September 2020, German Mayor Heinrich Suess died unexpectedly at the age of only 56
In June 2020, the 50-year-old German Mayor of Lenggries, Markus Landthaler, died unexpectedly.
On September 15, 2021, the 47-year-old German Mayor of Limbach-Oberfrohna Jesko Vogel died. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters. From 1991 to 2014, he was a player and captain of the first handball team at BSV Limbach.
October 18, 2021, 57-year-old Deputy Mayor of Kindberg, Peter Sattler, died suddenly on a hike.
On October 21, 2021, the 60-year-old Mayor Christian Ruh of Bodolz on Lake Constance died unexpectedly.
On Saturday, October 24, 2021, Burscheid’s Mayor Stefan Caplan died unexpectedly. He was only 56 years old.
October 28, 2021, 59-year-old German Mayor Wolfgang Eckl “unexpectedly” died.
November 27, 2021, Mayor Jochim Ruppert died unexpectedly on Friday evening at the age of 59.
December 23, 2021, 54-year-old Schiltberg Mayor Fabian Streit died unexpectedly.
March 5, 2022 Mauerkirchen Mayor Horst Gerner died unexpectedly at the age of 57
On March 23, 2022, Mayor Kristian W. Tangermann died unexpectedly. The Mayor of the municipality of Lilienthal (Osterholz district) was only 45 years old.
On March 26, 2022, Christian Maurer, a 38-year-old mayor in Upper Austria, died. He collapsed on March 21 during a municipal council meeting and died days later in the hospital. Doctors could not repair Maurer’s cerebral hemorrhage. The local politician leaves behind his wife and their six-week-old son.
On March 29, 2022, The incumbent Mayor of Waldshut-Tiengen, Joachim Baumert, died unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 57.
On March 31, The third mayor of Coburg, Thomas Nowak, died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 53.
On April 1, 2022, the First Mayor of Pfaffenhausen and trained police officer Franz Renftle died at the age of 54.
Are German and Austrian mayor’s unexpectedly dying at the same rate as in the past? No government seems interested in knowing the response.
American epidemiologist and cardiologist Peter McCullough believes the Covid vaccine is causing more deaths than wars. “It could be that bad,” McCullough said.
“The Corona vaccine is worse than war. It is worse than most wars,” the epidemiologist said. He added that cases of adverse reactions are reported 86 percent of the time by a doctor, nurse or other health worker who had cited the vaccine as the cause of the problem.
Those who give false information risk jail time. The reports have also been verified by the CDC as well as the US National Institute of Public Health and the Environment. “So these are real people who died,” the epidemiologist stressed. “They were healthy enough to go to a vaccination centre and two days later they were dead”.
https://freewestmedia.com/2022/04/12/german-and-austrian-mayors-are-dropping-dead/
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The most peaceful country in the world? A series of shootings and stabbings shakes Iceland
Will Iceland lose its status as the most peaceful country in the world? Several shootings and stabbings have disturbed the usual tranquility of the island nation in recent months, with some incidents linked to criminal gangs with ties to “international networks.”
Iceland has topped the Global Peace Index since its inclusion in 2008, and the country’s 375,000 inhabitants have thus far avoided the rising crime problems seen in Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Denmark. Most crime in Iceland is in fact fictional, with the nation known for publishing crime thriller books both popular in the country and abroad.
“A firearm for Icelanders symbolizes sport or hunting. It is very alien to them to use a weapon to protect themselves or point at someone,” says sociologist Helgi Gunnlaugsson.
Only four gun homicides have taken place on the island since 2000. But in just over a year, four shootings have already occurred, including one fatal, according to French newspaper Courier International.
“Criminal groups in Iceland become increasingly organized. They have more ties to international networks than we have seen before, which can represent a challenge for our police force,” analyzes criminologist Margrét Valdimarsdóttir.
In February, two private disputes over the drug deal between convicted men led to shootings in the city center of Reykjavík.
Iceland still features a low crime rate, and the 40 migrant clans that operate in Sweden are a threat of a far greater magnitude than anything Iceland faces. Yet, there are signs that the nation is also feeling the pressure, and perhaps a turning point to a more violent future.
“We used to say that it takes five to ten years to see in Iceland what you see elsewhere in Europe,” says Runólfur Thórhallsson, commissioner of the elite Icelandic police unit.
Austria: Acquaintance of the Islamist Schwedenplatz attacker brought to court – He sold, among other things, mugs and chocolate decorated with IS emblems
An acquaintance of the Schwedenplatz attacker is on trial in Vienna today. The 24-year-old is accused of spreading IS propaganda, including trading in IS memorabilia such as mugs with the IS logo. The accused has partially confessed.
The trial is explosive because the accused had contact with the later Vienna attacker via chat groups. He is one of the twelve men who were arrested immediately after the terrorist attack in Vienna. So far, no evidence of a concrete contribution to the crime by the 24-year-old community service worker could be found.
At the beginning of the jury hearing, the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to online trafficking in propaganda material. According to the indictment, together with his partner at the time, he had traded in IS mugs and bookmarks depicting armed fighters. For particularly good customers, there was also “IS chocolate”, according to the prosecution.
The 24-year-old played down his role in the chat groups on Whatsapp and Telegram, where calls for jihad had also been posted. According to the investigations, 2,761 messages were exchanged here. In them, homage was paid to the radical Islamic terrorist militia IS.
He had not called for jihad himself in the chats, his defence argued. In only one of his postings did this word appear at all. However, the accused affirmed that it had been a mistake to participate in the chats. Due to the partial confession of the accused, a verdict on Monday is likely. In case of a guilty verdict, the 24-year-old faces several years in prison.
According to the indictment, the 24-year-old displayed a particularly strong attitude. After his arrest, he declared during his interrogation: “Islam is my world. Of course I would like the whole world to be one big Islamic state, but that is unrealistic.” Asked how he felt about Sharia law, he replied: “Sharia law is a norm, you can’t discuss it.”
Only at the end of March, in Vienna, a 17-year-old acquaintance of the assassin was sentenced to twelve months’ partial imprisonment, not legally binding, as a member of a terrorist organisation.
The German Football Association (DFB) allows interruptions of matches for Muslim players because of Ramadan
The German Football Association (DFB) supports the granting of cooling breaks for Muslim players by referees during Ramadan.
“There is no general instruction on this, but we naturally support it when our referees allow such water breaks during Ramadan at the request of the players,” said Lutz Michael Fröhlich, managing director of sport and communications at German Football Association (DFB Schiri GmbH), when asked by the German Press Agency (dpa) on Monday.
“They are welcome to continue to do so.”
Referee Bastian Dankert had allowed Leipzig player Mohamed Simakan to take a drinking break during the Premier League match between RB Leipzig and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Sunday.
At the make-up match between Mainz 05 and Augsburg last Wednesday, referee Matthias Jöllenbeck had also given Mainz captain Moussa Niakhaté a break to eat.
The chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, described the break on Deutschlandfunk radio as a ” convenience if the match then also falls at the time of sunset, i.e. when fasting is broken”.
Ramadan began on April 1 and lasts until May 1. During this time, devout Muslims fast. They do not eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset.