Police heroine: 18-year-old arrested after a bomb threat!

Police heroine: 18-year-old arrested after a bomb threat!

In Vorarlberg, a completely irresponsible prank of an 18-year-old causes excitement: The young man had published a bomb threat to a police station via the Instagram platform. What was intended as an obviously bad joke resulted in massive police measures. The threat led to a large contingent, including special forces of the State Criminal Police Office. The police immediately started with the investigation, and thanks to targeted actions, the author was quickly found and arrested, as krone.at reported.

When searching his apartment in Wolfurt, the officials found no explosive material. Nevertheless, it became clear that the young man was actually the sender of the threat. Only six words were enough to trigger enormous police operation and to question the security of the population. It was also found that there was never any real danger. The 18-year-old had given no concrete reason for his threat when he was interrogated and confessed to the crime. However, a serious financial consequence could follow his recklessness: he is asked to pay with almost 1,450 euros to cover the costs of the police operation, such as 5min.at reported.

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