Second victim buried

“Thank you grandpa for your humor and delicious food”

Around 800 mourners accompanied Mayor Franz Hofer on his last journey in Kirchberg ob der Donau.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Markus Wenzel, zVg)

"Heart and mind cannot grasp what has happened" - Franz Hofer, the second murder victim of hunter-gunman Roland Drexler, was laid to rest. The farewell of the mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau was a rollercoaster of emotions, between kind regards from the family, anecdotes to make you smile and angry words.

"Thank you, dear Grandpa, for always having a joke ready - and your delicious food!" One of Franz Hofer's granddaughters, who loved to cook for family and friends, gave her grandfather some very kind words on his last journey, while the sun beat the fog outside the church door in Kirchberg ob der Donau.