Cologne --
The process to the crossbow is> from Hansaring always curious. On Friday, the expert Richard Gruber led to the courtroom, the danger of a crossbow. It is a killing tool. And anyone who is aged over 18 years, can buy such a weapon.
Possession is legal, the use of a weapon no more than a misdemeanor. Gruber: "The arrow as a projectile reaches half the speed of a bullet from a revolver." And that is just as dangerous.
The sound engineer and occasional crafts Jörg J. (33) had fired in late February with a crossbow on the 30-year-old Hakan. In revenge for an unpaid craftsmen performance. The forensic scientist: "The arrow shot only two inches of the aorta over, stuck in the sixth rib." Had the arrow hit the artery - Hakan would not have been saved from bleeding to death.
The murder weapon was purchased legally for nearly Jörg hundred dollars. A model from Taiwan, tensions the one with his foot. You would need a force of about 65 pounds. Jörg J. is accused of attempted murder. Threaten him for several years in prison
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