Ming Inspector 丨 Zheng Shujing
At a glance
Images of suspected crime scenes published by Austria's Express cannot be used as evidence of the assassination of The Dukina suspect Wolfk. The photo, which appeared as early as 2020, reflects the murder of a 25-year-old Moscow woman before her wedding.
At present, the information service of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior has denied information about the Wolfke murder.
Event background
On the evening of August 20, local time, Russian journalist and political activist Dalia Dukina was killed in a car bombing outside Moscow. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) released its findings on August 22 saying that Dukina's death was planned by Ukrainian secret services and that Natalya Vovk, a Ukrainian citizen born in 1979, was the suspect in the case. The Ukrainian side strenuously denied the Russian accusations.
On August 28, the Austrian media outlet Exxpress quoted the social platform Telegram as saying that Wolffke, who was listed as a suspect in the Dukina case, had been found in a rental apartment and had been stabbed to death with 17 knives, accompanied by a picture of the suspected crime scene.
The image was blurred to show a woman dressed in black lying on her back on a yellow mattress.
Screenshot of the Austrian Express report.
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A map of the suspected crime scene published by Austria's Express can be traced back to a similar image found on the website of a Russian cable network called REN TV. The blurring of this picture is lower than that published by Express, and it has a REN TV logo watermark, but it can be judged from the details of the mattress shown in the picture and the characteristics of the character's clothing, posture, hairstyle, etc., that the two are the same picture.
REN TV featured a similar image in a 2020 report (the image has been recoded).
REN TV released this image on July 22, 2020, so it is unlikely to be a live photo after Wolfeke's "knife". According to reports, a 25-year-old Moscow woman named Marina P. was killed two weeks before her wedding, and her fiancé's mother found her body in a house on Korpacini Lane on July 21, 2020, but the fiancé's whereabouts are unknown.
REN TV also posted a number of images of the deceased posted on social platforms during the series. Comparing The photograph of Marina P. with the relevant surveillance footage of Wolfk claimed and released by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation shows that there is a difference in appearance between the two.
Top: Photo of Marina P. posted by REN TV. Bottom: Screenshot of The relevant surveillance video of Wolfk released by the Russian Federal Security Service.
After the news of the "Assassination of Wolfk" fermented, the Information Service of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior informed the Russian News Agency (РИА Новости) on the matter: "After consultation with our colleagues in the State Security and Intelligence Service (DSN), we can inform you that Austria is not aware of such a case. Therefore, we are unable to confirm the authenticity of this information. This denied information about The Wolfk murder.
ESA said the Austrian Interior Ministry denied information about Wolffke's murder.
Earlier, Russia's TASS news agency quoted the Federal Security Service as saying: "On August 21, after the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sedan piloted by Dukina was remotely controlled to explode, Wolffke and her daughter left through Pskov Oblast and went to Estonia. ”
At present, except for the relevant reports of the Austrian Express, there is no authoritative and credible third-party information that can confirm Wolfk's death by knife.
ACCORDING TO DNS INFORMATION, Austria's Express was founded for a short time, and its website was registered in April 2021 by world4You Internet Services, a domain name service agency. According to the analysis of the Russian "Izvestia", the Austrian "Express" has a closer connection with the Austrian People's Party, which has been personally led by Austrian Prime Minister Karl Nehma since 2021, and is synchronized with the launch time of the "Express".
DNS information for exxpress.at.
Based on the current information, it is known that the pictures of the suspected crime scene published by the Austrian "Express" cannot be used as evidence of Wolfk's assassination. The photo, which appeared as early as 2020, depicts a 25-year-old Moscow woman who was killed before her wedding. At present, the information service of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior has denied information about the Wolfke murder.
Senior Editor of this issue Xing Tan