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Overnight Threats With Blank Pistol and Knives in Vienna and Neuhofen Lead to Arrests and Bans

Prosecutors ordered temporary weapons restrictions following police seizures of a blank-firing pistol plus knives.

Overview

  • In Neuhofen, police Tasered a 28-year-old who allegedly threatened his 33-year-old ex-partner with a blank-firing pistol and took him to a psychiatric clinic.
  • Officers found him after 23:25 on Friday, noted a knife sheath in his waistband, and reported the pistol had been discarded before contact.
  • In a Vienna guesthouse around 01:15, a 50-year-old allegedly pointed a blank pistol at two patrons; WEGA and a K9 unit detained him and seized the pistol plus two knives.
  • The Vienna suspect was arrested, later reported at liberty on prosecutors’ order, and is under a provisional weapons ban; police noted signs of intoxication and memory gaps.
  • In Vienna-Favoriten at 02:30, guests disarmed a 35-year-old accused of threatening a 42-year-old former colleague with a kitchen knife, after which police arrested him and issued entry, approach, and provisional weapons bans as inquiries continue.