Even a year after Roland D.’s double murder, questions still remain unanswered

Colorful autumn leaves decorate the streets, the residents go shopping, the children are looking forward to the upcoming autumn holidays. Apparently there is no longer anything to indicate that a year ago there was a state of emergency for five days in the Mühlviertel community of Altenfelden and in the neighboring towns.
Because a hunter, Roland D., shot two hunting colleagues and then fled. The result was a search operation that had never before been carried out on this scale nationwide. Even today, a year later, there are still many unanswered questions about the double murder of a hunter.

It started with a call to the police on October 28, 2024: A woman reported around 8:15 a.m. that shots had been fired in the small Altenfelden town of Fraunschlag. As it later turned out, Roland D. had checked on 64-year-old Franz Hofer in front of a foot care institute. The mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, who was also an active hunter, tried to escape across a meadow, but was shot by Roland D.

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