Police warn of fake threats: threatening serious consequences!

Police warn of fake threats: threatening serious consequences!

Graz, Österreich - The police in Austria warn of an alarming increase in bomb and amocran threats. These threats often have a fictional background, but still lead to enormous police operations and greater concerns in public. Press spokesman Patrick Maierhofer commented in a video on Instagram, in which he emphasized that such threats had to be taken seriously. The incident in Graz, which is considered the trigger for the current warning, has also made the authorities sensitize.

The police consistently pursue every threat, several suspects have already been identified and displayed. Maierhofer appealed to the community of deciding to stop fake threats and to be vigilant. Even if many of these threats are invented, they can massively influence the life of the perpetrators and have criminal consequences. There is currently a comprehensive investigation into these incidents.

arrest of a suspect

As part of the investigation, a 19-year-old Austrian was arrested in Guntramsdorf, who is considered the possible author of an email threat. The suspect's conditions are serious, it is already in custody. During a house search, electronic devices were ensured, the evaluation of which is still ongoing. So far, the man has not been confident.

The legal consequences for the 19-year-old could be drastic: he not only threatens criminal consequences, but also the assumption of the high costs for the police operation, which can be in five-digit amounts. Such threats lead to considerable consequences, with the possible punishments to extend up to several years of prison.

legal foundations of threats

In the legal consideration, a threat is defined as the intentions of a future evil that the impending influence can affect. This can be assessed in criminal law as a coercion (§ 240 StGB) and as a threat (§ 241 StGB). A threat must be illegal in order to result in legal consequences. The demarcation between a illegal threat and the socially adequate pressure plays a crucial role here.

For more information about the legal framework of threats, please visit juraforum.de . You can find more details on the recent incidents at Weekend.at .