A man apparently bunkers weapons in a North Rhine-Westphalian town. The police confiscate them. A day later, the suspect is found dead.
Update from August 12, 1:35 p.m .: On Thursday (August 11), according to investigators, a right-wing extremist from Attendorn in Sauerland committed suicide. According to a report from Thursday’s picture , the 69-year-old is said to have killed himself in an explosives bunker in the forest. It is unclear whether he killed himself with a gun or an explosive device.
The man was raided the day before the alleged suicide. Many partially functional weapons and intact ammunition were found, as the public prosecutor’s office in Siegen and the police in Hagen announced. Officials also found objects and documents that suggested “clearly right-wing” sentiment. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday night.
Now the picture publishes new details about the man. Accordingly, the 69-year-old, a former professional soldier, was a “gun nut”. The suspect had already been convicted of arms smuggling and violation of the gun law in the past, according to the picture . “As a boy, he roamed the woods with a metal detector and dragged home duds and World War II ammunition,” a neighbor told Bild .
Police find arms depot: man commits suicide
First report from August 11: Attendorn/Munich – On Wednesday (August 10), the Hagen police in Attendorn (North Rhine-Westphalia) dug up a weapons store. In the course of the operation, a 69-year-old was provisionally arrested. According to the police and the investigating public prosecutor’s office in Siegen, the man was suspected of possessing weapons of war and the corresponding parts and ammunition for them.
The suspect’s home was also searched. “During the search, the officers found objects and documents that indicated that the 69-year-old Attendorner had clearly right-wing attitudes,” the police said in a statement. Various weapons and ammunition were also confiscated from his property. These could fall under the War Weapons Control Act.
Police find arms depot in Attendorn – suspect (69) blows himself up the day after the raid
On Wednesday evening, according to the police, the magistrate of the Olpe District Court suspended the arrest warrant against the man subject to reporting requirements. A day later, the case came to a head dramatically. According to a report by Bild , the 69-year-old blew himself up in a forest in Sauerland. Accordingly, the man had an explosives bunker there. Emergency services would still search the area around the bunker for booby traps on Thursday afternoon (August 11).
The police are assuming a suicide: “According to previous investigations, it can be assumed that a suicide occurred not far from the man’s home address.”
The investigating senior prosecutor also stated that the 69-year-old already had a criminal record. “The man is known for several similar offenses and has already served prison sentences,” he said on Wednesday (August 10) during a press conference.
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