Sister murdered

Motive remains a mystery after horrific bloody deed

The 81-year-old pensioner is said to have killed his sleeping sister with an axe.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Christa Blümel, zVg)

An 81-year-old man killed his sister (77) and then himself: A good two weeks after the gruesome act of bloodshed in Pischelsdorf in eastern Styria, it is no longer likely that the motive will ever be clarified. The house is empty for now, the animals are gone.

Sheer horror reigned in Pischelsdorf after the terrible bloody deed at the beginning of January. An 81-year-old man is believed to have killed his sister (77) with an axe and then executed himself. Probably the only witness to the gruesome scenes was "Bärli" - the perpetrator had injured his beloved dog so badly with the axe that it had to be put down.