On the day of the certificate: two students taken care of because of the threat of amoking!

On the day of the certificate: two students taken care of because of the threat of amoking!

In the Styrian community of Trieben, worrying events took place on July 4, 2025, which put the local school community on alert. At 6:15 a.m., the police were alerted by the concerned parents after learning about a WhatsApp group of questionable stories of their children, in which two young people reported on their dangerous plans. According to the report of the Kleine Zeitung it was a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old student.

The police reacted immediately and found the 15-year-old suspect in his room, where they secured two deceptively real looking softguns and a folding knife. Shortly after the arrest, the 14-year-old accomplice was discovered, who had reaffirmed the threat in chat and posted a picture of a firearm. A compressed air weapon was found with him. In contrast to his older friend, he is considered to be unsolved.

amok threat and its consequences

The young people had communicated in the whatsapp group in the what is the plans to get to school with a real weapon. The parents then informed the authorities and the teaching staff, which resulted in an immediate intervention by the police. However, there is no evidence of an immediate risk to the student body, which is why the students of the middle school as well as the adjacent elementary school and HTL were released into the care of their parents.

Both suspects were questioned in the presence of their legal guardians and legal benefits. In this survey, they stated that the messages were "just fun". Despite these statements, the public prosecutor's office in Leoben ordered the arrest and transfer of the young people to the Leoben prison. Appropriate advertisements were also made against them due to dangerous threats; You have to expect a future ban on weapons.

weapons law and social relevance

The incident raises questions about the existing laws in dealing with weapons. For example, a strict review of the police certificate of good conduct and the mental health of applicants is necessary in German weapons law in order to regulate the possession of weapons. This is a reaction to numerous acts of violence that have been committed in Germany and other countries in recent years, as the example of Hanau's terrorist attack shows. In Austria, on the other hand, there is no equivalent to the German "small gun license", which also increases the topic of gun ownership and the weapon law regulations. In this regard, another report of the WDR to the increasing challenges in dealing with appearance, which are also becoming more popular in Austria.

The processing of this incident will certainly also have consequences for the school security concepts in the region. It becomes clear that despite the claims of the young people, it is only a joke, the threatening announcements have to be taken seriously in order not to endanger the student and parents' feeling of security.