Knife threat to the gas station: 30-year-old arrested after threat!
Knife threat to the gas station: 30-year-old arrested after threat!
In the early morning hours of July 13, 2025, the police in Vienna favorites were alerted for an acute threat. A 30-year-old had threatened a group of young men between the ages of 16 and 20 with a kitchen knife in Grenzackerstrasse. The incident occurred at a petrol station where the perpetrator followed the threatened over the site, so that they panicked their vehicle at the petrol pump and fled over a fence to make an emergency call. According to the vienna.at , the police were quickly used and was able to temporarily arrest the alleged attacker.
The situation escalated beforehand. The 30-year-old expressed the threatening words on the phone: "I will stop the next one before" rushed to the group. According to reports, the perpetrator is reported by the Kosmo.at Austrian citizen and claimed that the knife belongs to a friend and was only there for his own security. However, the police secured the knife in the man's backpack and showed him due to the suspicion of the dangerous threat.
background and social context
This bloody threat takes place at the same petrol station, which was the scene of a fatal attack two months ago. However, the police emphasized that there is no direct connection between these two threatening incidents. The affected young men who have an Arab migration background reported that they clearly heard the attacker's threats before attacking them.
The increase in knife attacks among young people is not an isolated case. According to a ZDF reporting increases violence in schools and in youth crime. The police and schools are looking intensively for opportunities to stop this dangerous trend. Police statistics from North Rhine-Westphalia show that there were over 3,500 knife attacks in 2023, which represents an increase of 43% compared to the previous year. It is particularly worrying that almost half of the suspects are under 21 and 93% of the perpetrators are male.
In view of the current events, one has to ask yourself what is going on in the minds of the young people and why knives are often regarded as a status symbol in certain subcultures. Experts warn that wearing knives often occurs from a feeling of uncertainty or as part of their own identity, which increases the need to take preventive measures and to provide information. There is a clear need for action not only in Vienna, but in many cities to strengthen the feeling of security of young people and to defuse violent situations.| Details | |
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