Oh, before i forget: There was another great Austrian "I want some attention therefore i behave like a raving moron and police aswell as media paint me as a dangerous criminal" incident yesterday. In upper Styria a 55 year old guy claimed that he was holding a german tramper girl hostage and threatened to blow up the building. His demands were the reopening of some trials against him whose judgement he didn't approve and instead viewed it as unfair and as a conspiracy against his person.
In detail he was held guilty of having made dangerous threats against various people. And the best way to enforce a commission to prove his innocence is to make further dangerous threats?! Brilliant, way to go! Quite a confused fella... He sent tons of letters to all kind of personalities including various judges, the austrian president, big newspapers, etc. claiming being a victim of ruthless and corrupt law officials. His "final letter" even tries to paint him as a mixture between Robin Hood and David (in opposition to Austrian law-holders posing as Goliath) and describes what he wants to be imprinted on his gravestone: "The lawful is mortal and has to step down, but his light shines on". Words of a martyr truly!
Nevertheless, the whole thing ended unbloody. After communication breakdown with the suspect around 2:00 o'clock Austrian special forces "Cobra" stormed the building and after some confusion due to a released fire extinguisher, they could arrest the man who was hiding underneath a blanket (i am intrigued wether he was really hiding or thats what media made out of him just gone to bed). No hostage was found (alltough they might want to take another look at the basement?) and the man admitted that there never was any. He probably chose german nationality to gain german media coverage additional to austrian. Beside some gasoline and molotov cocktails the police also found a rather sophisticated weapon: a knife mounted on a stick! I wonder what the guy had in mind with that... Wave it before the SpecOps shoot him?
Austria is really a sacred island sometimes.
In detail he was held guilty of having made dangerous threats against various people. And the best way to enforce a commission to prove his innocence is to make further dangerous threats?! Brilliant, way to go! Quite a confused fella... He sent tons of letters to all kind of personalities including various judges, the austrian president, big newspapers, etc. claiming being a victim of ruthless and corrupt law officials. His "final letter" even tries to paint him as a mixture between Robin Hood and David (in opposition to Austrian law-holders posing as Goliath) and describes what he wants to be imprinted on his gravestone: "The lawful is mortal and has to step down, but his light shines on". Words of a martyr truly!
Nevertheless, the whole thing ended unbloody. After communication breakdown with the suspect around 2:00 o'clock Austrian special forces "Cobra" stormed the building and after some confusion due to a released fire extinguisher, they could arrest the man who was hiding underneath a blanket (i am intrigued wether he was really hiding or thats what media made out of him just gone to bed). No hostage was found (alltough they might want to take another look at the basement?) and the man admitted that there never was any. He probably chose german nationality to gain german media coverage additional to austrian. Beside some gasoline and molotov cocktails the police also found a rather sophisticated weapon: a knife mounted on a stick! I wonder what the guy had in mind with that... Wave it before the SpecOps shoot him?
Austria is really a sacred island sometimes.
posted by badoli at
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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