Vienna 7 Aug : Vienna, Aug 7 : Austrian security and justice authorities are planning to adopt more aggressive stances on online hate speech after the suicide of a doctor who was targeted with threats of death because of her advocacy for vaccination against Covid-19. Justice Minister Alma Zadic plans to work with Interior Minister Gerhard Karner to give every police department and public prosecutor’s office with the required tools and resources to take each victim’s case seriously and prosecute perpetrators without delay, the DPA news agency reported.
“These investigations are often too long which is of course very stressful for the victims,” she said on Saturday.
Her remarks came a day after Austrian officials announced that they would cooperate with German prosecutor to look for those who posted threats of death on social media to Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, a 36-year doctor who died by suicide.
The doctor who was active in the fight against the pandemic was subjected to a barrage of threats to be killed by opponents of the government’s containment measures.
She was discovered dead in her office just one week in the past.
The Austrian authorities have been accused of not providing sufficient assistance.
Investigations are ongoing in Germany after the home of a man was raided in Bavaria on Friday.
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