The Lisa-Maria Kellermayr case moves all of Austria. After receiving threats for months, the 36-year-old takes her own life. At the request of her relatives, an autopsy will now take place. A preliminary result is expected soon.
In Austria, the body of doctor Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, who had been threatened by vaccination opponents for months, is now being autopsied. The autopsy was carried out at the request of the relatives, said a judicial spokesman, according to the Austrian news agency APA. The public prosecutor's office in Wels, Upper Austria, continues to assume that the doctor committed suicide. There are no new clues or other findings.
According to the report, a preliminary result of the autopsy could be available on Wednesday, but the toxicological analyzes would take much longer, it said. The Austrian vaccinator was found dead in her practice in the Vöcklabruck district on Friday. Among other things, she had reported on her website from months of intimidation to death threats "from the Covid measures and anti-vaccination scene" - and finally closed her practice, citing this.
The doctor wrote on Twitter at the end of June that working conditions “like the ones we have experienced over the past few months” cannot be expected of anyone. She was reportedly under police protection for an extended period. In the case, the Munich public prosecutor's office is also investigating "against a male person on suspicion of insult and threat". A spokeswoman for the authority did not want to give any further details.
According to a media report, the man from Upper Bavaria threatened the 36-year-old vaccinator with torture and murder. In addition, an advertisement was also issued in Berlin, as reported by the newspapers of the Bayern media group, citing the public prosecutor's office in Wels, Austria.
The federal government was "deeply dismayed" by the suicide of the Austrian doctor Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, who was threatened by opponents of the Corona measures. A government spokesman said in Berlin that Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the federal government were particularly concerned to stand up against hatred together with the Austrian friends. Threats, violence and hate speech are to be condemned in the strongest terms, especially when they are directed against medical staff and doctors.
The German security authorities cooperated with the Austrian authorities in the investigation. "Digital hate" on the Internet too often goes unpunished, the spokesman said. "We will fight digital violence with all our constitutional means and the harshness of the law."
