Ausonius, a 65-year-old Swedish citizen, has been found guilty of murder inboth countries, most recently receiving a life term in Germany in Februarylast year that was upheld on appeal in November. Using the laser-scoped rifle, he had killed a 34-year-old Iranian man andwounded 10 other people from countries including Brazil, Greece, Syria andZimbabwe. In a sign of Ausonius's notoriety, Norwegian white supremacist massmurderer Anders Behring Breivik at his own trial mentioned the "laser man" asa figure who shared the same goals. The convict, who was extradited to Germany in late 2016, was in February2018 found guilty of the murder of 68-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivorBlanka Zmigrod in Frankfurt in 1992. Ausonius, having now received life terms in two countries, is consideredalmost certain to spend the rest of his life locked up without parole.

Source: The Local January 25, 2019 16:30 UTC