A quarrel on Halloween, which apparently broke out for no reason and escalated massively under the influence of alcohol, has now resulted in a number of charges against a 66-year-old and his two sons. The senior is even charged with attempted murder. He is said to have driven his car towards an opponent. A total of three people – one bystander and two police officers – were injured in the incident. The process starts on Monday in Wels.
The main defendant was driving that day with 0.92 per mille intus. In Ottnang (Vöcklabruck district), he led a dispute out of the car with two other drunks who were walking home. Because he wouldn’t leave the two young men alone, one of the two opened the car door and leaned in. The 66-year-old stepped on the gas and dragged the other about 60 meters. Then he is said to have approached his opponent twice more – once at 40 and once at 25 to 30 km/h – and shouted “I fia di Nieder!”. The other managed to get to safety by jumping sideways.
The 66-year-old said he needed more backup and called on his two adult sons, aged 25 and 28, for help. The younger Filius is said to have uttered wild threats against his father’s victim and a woman and injured two police officers who had meanwhile arrived and wanted to restrain him. The older son ran and jumped legs first at one of the drunks, but missed. According to the indictment, he then attacked a bystander on the same meadow and inflicted a femoral neck fracture on him. During the subsequent arrest, the 28-year-old is said to have injured a police officer.
The Wels public prosecutor charged the 66-year-old with attempted murder and attempted bodily harm. The 25-year-old is accused of dangerous threats, resistance to state authority and serious bodily harm, the 28-year-old of serious and deliberately serious bodily harm and also resistance to state authority. The trial is scheduled for two days, and a verdict is expected on February 23.