A tragic incident happened in Switzerland on Wednesday. In the canton of St. Gallen, a 37-year-old Vorarlberger is said to have killed his 77-year-old father on a ship. The alleged perpetrator may have taken his own life after the crime. The cantonal police announced this in a broadcast on Thursday. Investigations into the act of violence and the weapon used are still ongoing. At the moment, no further information can be given, according to the cantonal police.
On Wednesday, shortly before 3:20 p.m., the emergency call center in St. Gallen received the message that a ship had crashed into a wall in the Rheinhof port on Lake Constance in Altenrhein. A seriously injured person was on the private boat. However, the rescue workers could only have determined the death of the initially unknown man, who had apparently died of violence. In addition, one person escaped from the boat, the report said. A few minutes later, at 3:35 p.m., emergency calls came in that a person was found dead on the A1 motorway near Staad. It was about father and son. In the course of the investigation, there was a connection that said the dead person was on the motorway was about the person escaping from the boat. “The two deceased are two Austrian nationals residing in Vorarlberg,” said the police in their statement. The man killed on the ship was 77 years old, the man on the Autobahn was 37 years old. “According to previous knowledge, it is a matter of father and son,” it said. The investigations would be conducted with large numbers of staff under the direction of the St. Gallen public prosecutor. The focus would be on the exact course of events and the murder weapon, according to the police spokesman for the Swiss medium. Investigations are still ongoing, Häderli explained: “The sailing ship belonged to the father.” The police gave no information about the injuries and a possible murder weapon. The investigations by the institute for forensic medicine into the cause of death were still ongoing. It is not yet known whether the crime had a history. The Marina Rheinhof is located in the Rheinspitz area not far from the Austrian border.
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