Bomb Threat Against Cigarette Vending Machine in Lower Austria: Police Tracked Down Man

Further details have not been disclosed yet. The suspect has not yet been questioned, it was said upon request. At the end of September, the police had published images of the man and asked for information.

Man Threatened to Blow Up Cigarette Vending Machine in Lower Austria

The suspect is said to have claimed on the morning of August 22 in a tobacconist in Traiskirchen that he had tried to buy cigarettes from a vending machine the previous evening. Although he had paid, neither cigarettes were dispensed nor was the money returned. An employee informed him that a technician would first have to service the machine for him to get his money back. Subsequently, the suspect became agitated. He allegedly announced that he would blow up the machine. When he was asked not to make threats, he replied that it was not a threat but a promise, before quickly leaving the scene. The request for photo publication was withdrawn after the suspect was identified.

(APA/Red)

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