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Austrian mayor shot dead with suspect on the run, police say

Police patrol near Rohrbach, Upper Austria, after two people were shot dead on October 28. (Antonio Bayer / APA / AFP / Getty Images via CNN Newsource) Police patrol near Rohrbach, Upper Austria, after two people were shot dead on October 28. (Antonio Bayer / APA / AFP / Getty Images via CNN Newsource)
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A manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday.

Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in the village of Altenfelden in Austria鈥檚 rural Muhlviertel region, near the border with Germany and the Czech Republic.

A second man was also shot dead a short while later, Upper Austria police spokesperson Ulrike Handelbauer told CNN.

A large-scale police operation with helicopters and special forces is underway, she said.

Police said Roland Drexler, 56, is suspected of having killed the two men and made a getaway in a Volkswagen Caddy. 鈥淭he man is believed to be extremely dangerous and armed,鈥 police said.

In this video grab provided by PULS 24 News TV, police vehicles and a police helicopter operate in the village of Fraunschalg near Altenfelden, Austria, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, after people were fatally shot in the area. (PULS 24 News TV via AP)

A dispute over hunting rights appeared to have sparked the incident, police added. It was not immediately clear why a long-running feud had escalated.

According to Kronen Zeitung, a local outlet, the suspect was known to hunters in the area. 鈥淗e was a difficult person,鈥 said a hunter from the area who wished not to be named.

The shooting shocked officials at the People鈥檚 Party (OVP) regional headquarters in Linz. 鈥淚t鈥檚 madness,鈥 said state party leader Florian Hiegelsperger.

Herbert Sieghartsleitner, the state hunting master, said the incident was 鈥渦nbelievable.鈥

鈥淚 am deeply shocked by what has happened. I knew Franz Hofer very well personally,鈥 he said, according to Kronen Zeitung.

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