Shock in Hallwang: Attack on young people with a firearm!

Shock in Hallwang: Attack on young people with a firearm!

There was a serious incident in Hallwang on Tuesday in which two young men were threatened with a firearm by a group of teenage suspects. These men, between 17 and 19 years old, waited at a location where they believed the victims would buy drugs. Instead of the expected transaction, the victims, aged 14 and 18, were forced to hand over three-figure amounts of cash before they could drive home unharmed. After this frightening experience, the victims immediately informed the police, which led to the arrest of two of the suspects, while the other two initially remained at large ORF reports.

Blackmail with protection money

Another worrying event occurred on Thursday in the basement of an apartment building when three young men met again about an argument that had already taken place in the fall of 2024. The 19-year-old Russian and the 18-year-old Romanian demanded several hundred euros as so-called “protection money” from a 15-year-old victim. In response to a threat that there would be bodily harm if payment was not made, the victim handed over a bunch of keys and a small sum of cash. This incident was also reported to the police, who arrested the suspects that same evening and also seized brass knuckles as a suspected weapon Today at lunchtime reported.

Those arrested have not confessed and claim that the entire situation was just a joke, while the 18-year-old Romanian already had a valid weapons ban. Both are now in the Leoben prison, where further investigations into possible further crimes against them are ongoing.