BOLZANO. Even the mayor of San Candido, Klaus Rainerbeing a volunteer firefighter, took part in the intervention in the building on Via San Corbiniano in San Candido during the night from Saturday to Sunday, where the double homicide and subsequent suicide took place. As he explained in a press conference in San Candido this afternoon, the fury of Ewald Kühbacherwho fired several shots at the rescuers.
“Deeply shocked by what had happened, I contacted social services and the home care service to find out if the man was having difficulty caring for his elderly, sick father. They told me that everything seemed to them to be in order and that there had been no signs that something was wrong,” Rainer explained. The mayor then added that the family lived in isolation and that “they were not present in the village.” For the death of Waltraud Jud, the mayor said he was “personally saddened, because she was a friend and colleague of his wife.”
The press conference was attended by the head of the White Cross of San Candido and the commander of the volunteer fire brigade as well as the commander of the Carabinieri company of San Candido, Major Simone Carliniwho said that he and his men had managed to enter the building that night, but had to give up because Kühbacher had started shooting in their direction.
2024-08-20 06:36:06