Young joke becomes a serious crime in Upper Austria

Young joke becomes a serious crime in Upper Austria

A 14-year-old teenager from Scharnstein in Upper Austria is suspected of having triggered a serious alarm when he predicted a life-threatening Situation in conversation with an employee of the Graz State Hospital. On Friday at 10:28 a.m., the hospital received a call where screams could be heard in the background. The employee assumed that someone was in acute danger. Despite several rehearsal attempts, nobody could be achieved, which ultimately led to a commitment to the Styria State Criminal Police Office. The police were able to track the number of calls and discovered two home addresses in Scharnstein. The first address was that of an uninvolved woman who was surprised by the incident, as krone.at reported.

The second address was a school where a 14-year-old guy could quickly be identified by the caller's WhatsApp profile. The latter admitted that he had made the call as a "joke". The youngsters are now being investigated because the pretense of an emergency represents a criminal act. The incident has already led to a massive use of police forces to check the supposed danger.

scam with call bots

The so-called "call bot" calls that increase in Graz are

meindezirk.at . The police warn of the danger of such calls and advise you to end the conversation immediately for requests for transfer.

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OrtScharnstein, Österreich
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