More than 2 per mille

Rioting “lion” injures municipal police officers

The municipal police had to deal with a drunken carnival jester in Baden

(Bild: P. Huber)

The municipal police were called to the hospital in Baden on Shrove Tuesday because of a rioter. There, the officers encountered a drunken lion . . .

At the height of carnival, the city police officers are used to quite a lot in the otherwise tranquil spa town. So when they arrived at Spital after the emergency call, they found the troublemaker in a lion costume on a bench in front of the building. "When we approached him, he suddenly jumped up and ran off on the tracks of the Badner Bahn", a city police officer described.

"Lion" raged during arrest
However, the "lion" quickly staggered and fell. As it turned out later, the carnival jester had more than two per mille alcohol in his blood. After the short escape, the officers wanted to arrest the drunken "lion" - but they had not reckoned with the masked man's "predatory instincts". The 24-year-old went on a rampage and kicked wildly, injuring two city police officers on the knee and wrist. 

Rioter with memory lapses
In the end, the "lion" ended up in the drunk tank. Whether he had a "hangover" the next day is not known, but it can be assumed. In any case, he couldn't remember anything during interrogation. The report to the district authority will probably help him . . .