Did voices tell him to do it? Teenager kills brother (†36) with axe

Kindberg (Austria) - Shock for a small community in Styria ! A 14-year-old boy killed his older brother with a decorative axe.

The police were able to arrest the 14-year-old near the scene of the crime.
The police were able to arrest the 14-year-old near the scene of the crime.  © Erwin Scheriau/APA/dpa

According to a report in the Kronen Zeitung newspaper, the bloody deed took place last Monday afternoon.

A 14-year-old boy is said to have attacked his 36-year-old brother with an axe after an argument. He then confessed the crime on the phone to his sister, who then alerted the police .

The officers were able to apprehend the teenager after a short search. An autopsy of the victim revealed that the younger brother must have hit the older man's head 17 times.

The 36-year-old died of a pulmonary embolism and bled to death shortly after the attack.

Expert opinion showed that teenager knew what he was doing

After the confession on the phone, the teenager's sister alerted the police. (symbolic image)
After the confession on the phone, the teenager's sister alerted the police. (symbolic image)  © Matthias Röder/dpa

In an interrogation, the teenager claimed that there was a kind of "superego" inside him and that he was suffering from delusions.

Although he saw his older brother as a "substitute dad", the "voices" are said to have ordered him to be killed with the deco axe after the argument.

Initially, his lawyer assumed that the boy was suffering from a mental illness, but an expert opinion proved otherwise.

This shows that the teenager's psyche was not impaired at the time of the crime, so hospitalization in a psychiatric clinic is out of the question for the time being.