Kitchen knife terror at the gas station: 30-year-old threatens young men!

Kitchen knife terror at the gas station: 30-year-old threatens young men!

In the night of Sunday there was a troubling incident at a petrol station in Vienna favorites. A 30-year-old Austrian threatened a group of young men between the ages of 16 and 20 with a kitchen knife. The incident occurred shortly after four in the morning at the petrol station in Grenzackerstraße, where the attacker persecuted the young men and expressed threats loudly. "I will stop the next one", he is said to have said before he rushed to the group, as Kosmo reported.

In panic, the men left their vehicle at the petrol pump and fled by climbing over a fence. A few minutes later, they stopped a passing car, whose drivers came to their aid to their aid. In the meantime, the authorities were alerted. The police quickly arrived at the scene and temporarily arrested the perpetrator on site. The kitchen knife in the backpack was found and secured. The 30-year-old is now in police custody and has been reported for dangerous threats. He claimed that the knife belonged to a friend and he only had it with himself for self-defense, but the police treated the incident seriously.

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The incident is particularly alarming because it occurred at the same petrol station, where a fatal attack took place two months ago. Despite the worrying circumstances, the police see no connection between these two events. The affected young men also reported that they heard the attacker's threats on the phone before the attack, which made the situation even more threatening.

In Vienna, crime is a sensitive topic. According to current statistics, there were around 528,000 crimes indicated in Austria in 2023, with over a third of which were committed in the federal capital. The high number of registered offenses makes it clear that there is a certain need for security in the city. Statistics also showed that foreign crime is a current topic, since in 2022 there were about 43 percent of the suspects and convicted foreigners, such as Statista

The fear and uncertainty among the population seems to have increased, even if a large part of the Austrians have confidence in the police despite all the problems. Almost 77 percent of the population support the work of the security forces. Nevertheless, incidents such as the one in favorites are a clear sign that non -violent communication and de -escalation must continue to remain in the prevention of violent crime.