First an illegal firecracker exploded in his accommodation in the Vienna Landstraße district and injured him, then the police discovered an explosive grenade from the Second World War in the possession of a teenager (14) from Afghanistan. The hostel had to be evacuated.
Officers from the Landstraße municipal police command and the Vienna professional fire brigade were called due to a fire alarm in the sheltered accommodation in the Landstraße district of Vienna.
However, no fire could be detected on site. The young Afghan stated that he had set off a pyrotechnic object in his room, which is apparently why the alarm went off.
The teenager suffered injuries to his hand and thigh and complained of brief hearing and sight impairment. Emergency services from Vienna’s professional rescue team provided him with emergency medical care and were then able to discharge him to home care.
Several pyrotechnic items were found in the room, which the boy said he had recently bought abroad. In addition, an explosive grenade, presumably from the Second World War, was seized, which the Afghan claimed to have found in Klosterneuburg a few months ago.
The accommodation was evacuated due to the grenade and the war material and pyrotechnic objects were removed by an explosives authority (SKO).
According to the police, the man faces several charges.
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