Knife-Wielding Man on Drugs Triggers Police Operation on Vienna's Thaliastraße
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On Monday morning, police were called to Thaliastraße in Vienna-Ottakring due to a man armed with a knife.
Employees of a store triggered the robbery alarm on December 30th around 9.00 am when an apparently confused man entered the branch with a knife in his hand and pointed it at the branch manager and one of the customers present. The man then left the store and crossed the street, where the police arrested him shortly afterwards.
43-Year-Old Arrested by Police in Vienna-Ottakring
The 43-year-old (nationality: Austria) stated that he had recently consumed drugs and needed the knife for his defense. He was reported for suspicion of multiple dangerous threats and under the provisions of the Narcotics Act and was taken to a correctional facility.
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