Mikk Tarraste News Today

A Soviet-era Zhiguli hit by a barrage of bullets when happening to drive by a deadly active shooting in Lihula in June 2020 has reached the Estonian Police Museum in Rakvere.

Mikk Tarraste, the so-called Lihula shooter, who killed two and injured five others in a shooting spree in June 2020, is dead, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

The Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal of Mikk Tarraste's defender which decision marks the entry into force of the circuit court's life sentence for the so-called Lihula shooter.

The prosecutor's office is seeking life imprisonment for a man who committed a double homicide, and is appealing the 20-year sentence he was handed earlier this year.

Pärnu maakohus mõistis 20. mail Mikk Tarraste 20 aastaks vangi. Foto: Malle-Liisa Raigla Mullu juunis Lihulas inimesi tulistanud Mikk Tarraste ja tema kaitsja maakohtu otsust ringkonnakohtus ei vaidlustanud, kuid seda tegid prokurör ja kannatanud, kes tahavad Tarrastele eluaegset vangistust. Lääne ringkonnaprokuratuuri vanemprokurör Gardi Anderson taotleb ringkonnakohtult Pärnu maakohtu 20. mai otsuse tühistamist karistuse osas ning uut otsust, millega Tarrastele mõis...

A court sentenced the Lihula shooter, who killed two people in the southwestern Estonian town of the same name last summer during a shooting spree which also seriously injured three others, to 20 years in prison Thursday. The prosecutor's office is appealing the decision and seeking a lengthier jail term.

The prosecutors office said Monday it is seeking a life sentence for a man who killed two and injured three during a shooting spree in Pärnu County last summer. The prosecutor made the statement during summing-up at Pärnu County Court, in respect of Mikk Tarraste, 33, who carried out the double homicide near the village of Lihula in June 2020. Tarraste is charged with murder; the firearms used in the attack were legal, BNS reports, though illegal types of ammunition were found in the course o...

A man who fired on several people near the village of Lihula, Pärnu County, last June, killing two and injuring four, has pleaded guilty to charges brought in civil cases against him, on the opening day of his trial Monday. However, he denies attempting to conceal firearms or fleeing the scene. It was after doing the latter that the accused allegedly killed the two individuals. Mikk Tarraste, 32, entered a guilty plea at the first-tier Pärnu County Court, BNS reports, meaning he admits his gu...

A court has scheduled for February the trial of a man who killed two people and injured three more in a shooting spree in Pärnu County last June. Pärnu County Court will hear the case of Mikk Tarraste, 32, from February 15, the court decided, following a pre-trial hearing today, Wednesday. Tarraste will remain in custody until then. The court also opted to handle civil actions from all victims, with sums sought totaling €350,000. In addition, the court granted an application from Tarrastes ...