In the case of the fatal boat accident on Lake Garda, the Italian judiciary issued a European arrest warrant against one of the two German suspects. This was reported by several Italian media on Saturday. According to the Ansa news agency, the authorities in the northern Italian city of Brescia issued the arrest warrant, among other things because of the risk of escape. Accordingly, the court in Munich must now examine how to proceed with the two. After the incident around two weeks ago, the two 52-year-olds were able to return to the Bavarian capital.
According to investigations, your motorboat collided with a boat on the night from Saturday (June 19) to Sunday in which an Italian couple from the Salò region, on the west bank of Lake Garda, was sitting. The 37-year-old man and the 25-year-old woman were killed. The two Munich had later stated that they had not noticed the clash, as it was said from the office of their lawyer in Italy.
Most recently, the video from a surveillance camera, presumably from the night of the crime, caused a stir. It should have been seen how one of the two suspects fell into the water while docking in a port. According to his lawyer, the man had slipped in an abrupt maneuver. Some media, however, speculated that he was drunk. He is also said to have been the one who refused an alcohol test.
The public prosecutor in Italy is investigating the Germans for manslaughter and failure to provide assistance. They are said to have continued to drive after the collision without helping. The two were released shortly after the accident and traveled back to Munich. The victims ‘families called for action against them, Ansa reported, citing the families’ lawyers.
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