Ernst Karl

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Ernst Karl (August 1945 – June 15, 2001) was an Austrian police officer who was convicted of murdering two burglars. While in prison, he also killed a convicted murderer and from then on he was designated as one of Austria's most dangerous offenders. In 2001, he died under controversial circumstances in a bed equipped with medical restraints in Stein Prison. On the night of April 15, 1968, Karl shot two burglars, Walter P. and Johann Kihsl in the garage of the Tivoli department store in Vienna-Meidling. He claimed to have watched the two men enter the garage during his patrol duty, after which he followed the two to confront them. However, when they noticed him, Karl claimed that they shot at him and that he returned fire in self-defense. However, since the two men were killed with seven shots from close range, including headshots, the investigators doubted Karl's version of events, and initiated an investigation. Two friends of Kihsl testified that he knew a policeman who had given him a gun and advised him about the most appropriate time for a robbery. A police lineup was organized, and they identified Ernst Karl as the policeman. After a long interrogation, Karl reluctantly confessed to having intentionally shot the burglars in retaliation for blackmail.