Suspect flees into Hungary after shooting at Austrian troops

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian constabulary and anti-terrorism forces are searching for a suspected radical smuggler who allegedly fired astatine Austrian soldiers aft evading a borderline cheque connected Monday.

According to Austria’s Ministry of Defense, a van broke done a borderline crossing successful Eberau successful the Austrian portion of Burgenland adjacent the Hungarian borderline connected Monday morning, but was past stopped by Austrian soldiers.

One of the van’s passengers fled connected ft into Hungary and fired shots astatine Austrian soldiers, but nary were injured, constabulary spokesperson Helmut Marban told Austrian quality bureau APA.

Hungarian constabulary and forces from Hungary’s Counter Terrorism Center proceed to hunt for the suspect, whose nationality is unknown, adjacent the Hungarian municipality of Szentpeterfa. Police successful Vas County, Hungary, said the hunt for the fishy is ongoing.

Another suspected trafficker, a Moldovan, was apprehended astatine the scene, on with 12 migrants who person asked to person asylum, Austrian constabulary spokesperson Marban said, adding that the van had Hungarian licence plates.

“This incidental contiguous illustrates that the actions of traffickers and associated transgression person reached caller dimensions. I americium gladsome that the deployed soldiers were unharmed successful the speech of fire,” Austrian Minister of Defense Klaudia Tanner said.