Passer-by also threatened

Knife attack: man strikes garbage truck

(Bild: P. Huber)

On Thursday morning, the Vienna police received two emergency calls within a few minutes regarding a man with a knife in the area of the Viktor Adler market in Vienna-Favoriten. A passer-by had managed to escape, while the Viennese refuse collector had also been attacked by hitting his vehicle.

At first, a pedestrian reported that he had just been approached by a man unknown to him and threatened with a knife. However, he managed to run away and call the police.

Hitting the vehicle with a fist
A short time later, employees of MA 48 also called the police after a man armed with a knife suddenly hit their vehicle with his fist and shouted wildly. The man then ran to a van and also hit it, threatening the driver with the knife.

The murder weapon was recovered
Officers from the Favoriten police were able to provisionally arrest the suspected perpetrator, a 25-year-old Austrian, at the scene. The knife, the suspected murder weapon, was seized. The 25-year-old, who has not yet been questioned, will be charged on suspicion of making multiple dangerous threats and carrying a weapon in a weapons prohibition zone.