With Knife Pursued: Police Arrested Suspect in Vienna-Liesing

As the officers were about to get into the patrol car, two distraught young women (both 20 years old) ran towards them and explained to the police officers that they and their two friends (17 and 20 years old) had been followed and threatened by an unknown man with a knife.

People in Vienna-Liesing chased with a knife

They and their friends took the bus to a bar. On the way there, they had an altercation with an unknown man. He provoked the young people and behaved very aggressively towards them. Subsequently, there was a confrontation, during which the unknown man punched the 17-year-old in the face. The friends left the bus, but the unknown man suddenly pulled out a knife and ran after them. As a result, the friends ran off in different directions.

37-year-old arrested in Vienna-Liesing

While clarifying the situation, a search for the suspect was conducted by additional police forces. In the area of Romy-Schneider-Gasse, the officers stopped a man. He was clearly identified as the suspect. The 37-year-old (Turkish national) was arrested.

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