"Bomb threat"
Masked man in shopping center: huge operation
Huge police operation on Thursday morning because of a suspicious masked man in the Varena shopping center in Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria! As it turned out, it was a mistake. The deaf man had written "rash" on a piece of paper, but the security staff identified it as an "attack".
"It was a very unpleasant situation for us," says Varena Managing Director Thomas Krötzl: "The man was behaving strangely. He was hooded, didn't take off his mask despite being asked to do so and was gesticulating wildly. It's my job to ensure the safety of our customers, which is why I alerted the emergency services."
Deaf and dumb and known to the authorities
What had happened? At 10.08 a.m., the police received a report that a masked person had been seen in the shopping center. The police were able to identify the person on the top parking deck and subsequently stop and secure him. An immediate search was unsuccessful.
The person was subsequently identified as a 34-year-old man from the Vöcklabruck district - apparently deaf and known to the police. The man was taken to the Vöcklabruck police station for further investigation.
Shopping center searched
In the meantime, the shopping center was searched by competent police officers. The all-clear was finally given at 11.41 am. Investigations revealed that the man - masked with a tube scarf - wanted to pick up a parcel. Before he could do so, the 34-year-old was stopped by a security guard because he was wearing a mask. The man wrote the words "parcel - pick up - rash" on the notepad he was carrying as an explanation to the security guard.
This word "rash" was probably read by the security guard as the word "attack", which is why the report was communicated to the police in this way. After questioning the man, this misunderstanding was cleared up. The investigation is now complete.
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