"Krone" on site

Breathe a sigh of relief, clean up and empathize in Altenfelden

Local leader Klaus Gattringer hopes that normality will soon return to Altenfelden.(Bild: Markus Wenzel)

For five days, the 2300-inhabitant community of Altenfelden was held hostage by the "invisible" Roland Drexler. Since Saturday afternoon, a little bit of normality is slowly returning. But it will probably be a while before everything is back to normal.

"Thank God, it's over" - the news that Roland Drexler had been found dead in the forest - within sight of Altenfelden - spread like wildfire through the region and released them from the hostage situation in which they had been held by the "phantom".