Petrit Latifi

Two Serbs Vojnovic and Zaric travelling on the Paris-Vienna train murdered an Albanian traveller named Doda in 1934. The Serbian muderers were arrested and the Austrian police investigation showed that the Serbs had pushed Doda off the train. This information was published in an article in the “Volkszeitung/Deutsche Volkszeitung”.

“Mysterious incident on the Paris-Vienna express train.

Salzburg, November 3. As the Paris-Vienna express train passed the Schwarzach-St. Veit station, a male body was immediately found on the track. It was identified as that of the Yugoslavian citizen Doda, probably of Albanian origin based on his name. The train was stopped and searched by the authorities at the next station. The two Yugoslav citizens, Wojnovic and Zaric, were arrested and brought before the Salzburg court. Both had to admit to having traveled with Doda.

During the journey, a heated argument broke out between them and Doda. Doda finally left the compartment in agitation and went into the corridor of the carriage. Since then, they have not seen their traveling companion again”.

Murderous intent

“The arrested people believed that Doda had either fallen from the moving train due to carelessness or had jumped from the train with suicidal intent and had died. However, this responsibility is not believed; rather, it is believed that Wojnovic and Zaric had thrown their inconvenient compatriot out of the train with murderous intent”.

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/62986/1/05.11.1934/343686/6/tiffMode-tiff.html