Concerning Salzburg

Not clever

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Julia Hürner)

A commentary by "Salzburg-Krone" editor-in-chief Claus Pándi.

The Salzburg public prosecutor's office remains silent on the case of the young Islamist terrorist. This may be because the public prosecutors still have some embarrassing questions to answer. The prosecution authorities are said to have been aware of the Salzburg man who was killed in Munich for a long time. However, one case was shelved last year. Although investigators had found IS propaganda material on the cell phone of the radicalized teenager. In short: some things were suspected, but little was done.

Whether this was really the case is difficult to verify. Because - see above - the public prosecutor's office prefers to remain silent.

That's not wise in a situation like this. Silence makes room for conspiracy myths. The bureaucratic explanations by Interior Minister Gerhard Karner and Director General for Public Security Franz Ruf on television yesterday were hardly any better. With both of them, almost every appearance seems like an episode of Hubert and Staller.

Even in times of security, that would have been only semi-funny. In the current situation, it's just bitter.

Fortunately, the police in Bavaria and Salzburg work - regardless of the state of the top political personnel in Vienna.

They will have to come up with something when selecting the top strategists for justice and security. It is no use calling for more technical possibilities at every opportunity during the election campaign, but there is no one who can draw the right conclusions.