The mad ego of the avenger

Buddy, animal abuser, womanizer, ice-cold killer

(Bild: APA/FOTOKERSCHI/FRANZ PLECHINGER; Polizei OÖ)

Roland Drexler, the man who shot two hunting foes in the Mühlviertel on Monday and ultimately killed himself, had been a ticking time bomb for a long time. The "Krone" investigated his life story; we spoke to friends of his - and to people who despised him.

When Roland Drexler left his 60-square-metre apartment on the second floor of a nondescript apartment building in Altenfelden on the morning of 28 October, he knew that he would never return here again.