Vienna-Döbling: Fugitive Thief Injures Himself with Knife After Chase
This morning, a man is said to have broken the cash box out of an unattended register in a drugstore on Billrothstraße, Vienna-Döbling, and fled. The alerted police officers then pursued him on foot. Despite being repeatedly asked to stop, the perpetrator allegedly continued to run and threatened the officers with a utility knife. One of the officers then fired warning shots towards the ground.
Man was in a state of mental distress, injured himself
Ultimately, the alleged perpetrator, a 41-year-old Romanian, was apprehended, but he reportedly did not respond to the officers and appeared to be in a state of mental distress, according to the LPD Vienna. According to the police report, the suspect then began to injure himself in the neck area with the utility knife. The officers were able to disarm the man using pepper spray. The 41-year-old was taken to a hospital, and investigations are ongoing.
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