Shoplifter Threatened Business Owner in Vienna-Floridsdorf with Knife

When the store owner tried to prevent the shoplifter from leaving the store, the 27-year-old pulled out a kitchen knife and threatened the 32-year-old. The suspect then fled, as reported by the police. During a patrol of the neighborhood, he was quickly located and arrested.

Shoplifter also had outstanding administrative fines

The suspect had repeatedly visited the affected supermarket in the past and behaved conspicuously and sometimes aggressively. The store owner knew that he lived nearby. At his home, the authorities also found the kitchen knife he used. Further investigations revealed that the man also had outstanding administrative fines in the four-digit euro range. By order of the Vienna public prosecutor's office, the man was taken to a correctional facility.

(APA/Red)

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