Explosion in Vienna: Muke in large -scale - man shot!

Explosion in Vienna: Muke in large -scale - man shot!

A dramatic police operation raged in Wiener Klausgasse when a 47-year-old Serb allegedly threw objects out of his window and then barricaded himself in his apartment. The police's alarm led to a largely blocked area of ​​application when an extensive team of operations, including the elite cobra use group, was on hand. According to the Puls24 led the high emergency to an explosion, which apparently violated several civil servants, while the aggressor apparently fired frightening shots.

The situation escalated when contacting the man failed. Local residents reported shots and eyewitnesses later discovered that the man defended himself with a shotgun. In the end, seven officials were harmed during the mission, while the Serb was shot by the Cobra on an attempt to escape beyond the explosion. An autopsy date should clarify whether it died through the explosion or through shots. "At the moment it is unclear whether he was armed," an LKA officer explained in a press conference, as the ORF Salzburg reported.

explosion and evacuation

The explosion in Ottakring was triggered by a likely gas incident after the police stormed into the apartment. In the incident, the pressure wave was described as so strongly that almost the entire building had to be evacuated. "It is almost a miracle that there were no serious injuries or other fatalities," said a criminalist. The professional fire brigade was on duty to take the security measures while the city of Vienna checked the environment for damage.

The 24-year-old Salzburg in a separate incident had unintentionally injured himself when cleaning his legally obsessed fist firing weapon, with a shot coming into a wall. The weapon and another and several hundred shot ammunition were taken away.