Vienna (OTS) – Incident time: June 11, 2024, 8:30 p.m
Location of incident: Vienna-Floridsdorf
This evening, police officers in the Floridsdorf district were alerted to a suspected argument in an apartment in an apartment building. Police officers encountered a man outside the house who was rioting on the street with an ax in his hands. During a confrontation, a police officer fired shots at the man. He was fatally injured.
A short time later, police officers found a 22-year-old woman dead with head injuries in the man’s apartment.
The man is a 26-year-old Romanian citizen.
The exact circumstances are now the subject of ongoing investigations. The Vienna State Criminal Police Office has taken over this. Traces are currently being secured and the ax has been seized.
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