Colleague Threatened with Gun Photo: Arrest in Vienna-Favoriten

Police officers from the Favoritenstraße police station searched for a 39-year-old Austrian citizen at his residential address on the night of Monday. He is suspected of having sent his 20-year-old colleague a photo with a firearm and an associated threat. Along with the photo of the weapon, the 39-year-old wrote to the 20-year-old that he would come to her and tell her father that she was having an affair, police spokesman Markus Dittrich reported upon request from the APA.

Man in Vienna-Favoriten was reported at large

The woman suspects that the possible motive is that the man does not accept that she does not want a relationship with him. When the officers confronted the 39-year-old with the accusation, he reacted aggressively and threatened the police officers with raised fists. He was temporarily arrested, with physical force having to be applied. The weapon, a blank-firing pistol, was secured. A restraining order and a temporary weapons ban were issued against the man. During the interrogation, the 39-year-old stated that he was intoxicated and could not remember the incident. On the orders of the Vienna public prosecutor's office, he was reported at large.

In Austria, women experiencing violence can find help and information, among others, at the Women's Helpline: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at; Violence Protection Center Vienna: https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/wien/ and the 24-hour Women's Emergency Hotline of the City of Vienna: 01-71719 as well as the Women's Shelter Emergency Hotline at 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Police emergency number: 133

(APA/Red)

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