On the night of 16 September 2013, Austrian police received a call about a suspected poacher in the woods near Annaberg, Lower Austria.
Police officers attempted to inspect the vehicle of 55-year-old Alois Huber, but he sped off, later crashing his car in a ditch near Annaberg.
When the house was searched on 17 September, a fire was discovered burning in a secret basement, with the charred remains of a man suspected to be Huber.
[2] Huber was known to be a poacher and had left dead animal heads on the roads in defiance of police and legal hunters.
[1] On the night of 16 September 2013, Austrian police received a call about a suspected poacher in the woods near Annaberg, Lower Austria.
Police officers attempted to inspect the vehicle of 55-year-old Alois Huber, but he sped off upon spotting them and later crashed his car in a ditch near Annaberg.
[2] A hundred police officers were called to the scene and shots were sporadically fired by Huber, who was suspected of having stocked up a large supply of arms and ammunition there, as he owned several hunting weapons legally.
[1] On 17 September, around 16:00, Fritz Neugebauer, Second President of the National Council of Austria, interrupted the parliament hearing to inform the delegates of the incident.