Mass brawl on Christmas Eve: Police meet resistance in Vienna!

Mass brawl on Christmas Eve: Police meet resistance in Vienna!

In the cold night of Christmas Eve, on December 24th, there was a brutally held rougerei on Walcherstrasse in Vienna-Leopoldstadt. At around 3:30 a.m., a passer -by alerted the police call after watching a loud argument between several people. When the police arrived, the situation seemed to relax, but several participants had already been noticed with facial and hand injuries. The location quickly escalated when five of the ten attendees became palpable. The officials had to request reinforcements because the aggressive people remained considerably aggressively despite several requests to keep a distance. In order to regain control, a police officer used pepper spray, which ultimately led to calm the situation, but the willingness to uncooperation remained. As the State Police Directorate Vienna reported, four people, including a 17-year-old and three men aged 22, 38 and 40, were treated due to minor injuries and indicated for uphill.

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At the same time, but far away in Kamp-Lintfort, another shocking incident occurred on the same day. The police were called to an apartment building at 9:50 p.m. due to a disturbance of disturbance. At their arrival, a 34-year-old was attacked by the officials. To defend himself, a police officer shot at the attacker, who was subsequently injured. The police acted perfectly and under pressure. The man was taken to the hospital, but could not survive and died of his serious injuries in the early morning. Three police officers were also injured in the incident, one of which had to be treated inpatient and two other mild injuries, as the investigators announced. These critical moments illustrate the constant risk of encountering the police when exercising their service.