Investigation ended

Jehovah’s bomber: decision on charges pending

At the end of May 2024, the 55-year-old bomber who terrified Jehovah's Witnesses in Styria was caught. The investigation by the Graz public prosecutor's office has now been completed - charges could soon be brought against him.

For months, a "phantom" kept Styria on tenterhooks: several attacks were carried out in the vicinity of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious community, starting with two car bombs in Leibnitz. This was followed by an explosive device in Kalsdorf and a torched car in Premstätten. Fortunately, there were no victims.

Personal revenge as a motive
While a religious motive was initially suspected, it later turned out to be a very personal story. The suspect, 55 years old at the time, was arrested in May of the previous year. The IT technician from the district of Graz-Umgebung wanted to kill his ex-wife after a long and bitter dispute over child support. The man himself had been a Jehovah's Witness for a long time, but was disfellowshipped after the divorce.

The investigations by the Graz public prosecutor's office have recently been completed and the preliminary report on a possible (and probably expected) indictment has already been submitted to the senior public prosecutor's office, as confirmed to the "Steirerkrone".