Aggressive arrest in Vienna: Woman violently threatens police officers!

Aggressive arrest in Vienna: Woman violently threatens police officers!

A special kind of police operation took place on Tuesday morning around 8:20 a.m. at Franz-Jonas-Platz in Vienna-Floridsdorf. Officers from the Hermann-Bahr-Straße police station were on the way when they saw a 23-year-old woman who matched the description of a missing person. But the situation quickly escalated: the Austrian reacted aggressively and threatened the police officers with killing her. This led to the woman's temporary arrest. But it later turned out that she was not the person they were looking for. She was eventually released due to suspicion of mental illness, but received charges of resistance to state authority and severe coercion, as Heute reports.

Recently, aggressiveness towards officials appears to be a growing problem. A similar incident occurred on August 8th in Vienna North. A 38-year-old man, also from Austria, behaved uncooperatively and aggressively towards the police. Despite repeated requests, he also refused to calm down and resisted his arrest violently by hitting, kicking and spitting on the officers. An officer was injured and had to stop working. The suspect was transferred to a prison and is facing charges of resistance to state power and serious bodily harm, as Polizei-Nachrichten reports.

A worrying development

The incidents highlight the increasing willingness to use violence against emergency services. A current analysis by the Federal Criminal Police Office shows that 290 police officers in Germany are affected by violence every day. In 2023, around 106,000 officers were victims of violent acts, a significant increase of 10% compared to the previous year. The number of attacks has increased sharply, especially when it comes to arrests. Around 85% of the violent acts involved physical attacks and acts of resistance against law enforcement officers, as Tagesschau reports.

The rise in such incidents not only impacts policing, but also society as a whole. Trade unions are calling for “strong consequences” for attacks on police officers, and there are efforts to change the law to punish such crimes more effectively. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser described the attacks as “horrifying” and is planning measures that include, among other things, better equipping officers with Tasers.

In view of these developments, it is clear that both the police and society are called upon to find solutions to the violent conflicts. The incidents at Franz-Jonas-Platz and Nietzscheplatz are alarming but not isolated events that require an in-depth discussion about security and order.