A 25-year-old woman will not soon forget this incident in a beer garden in Trabrennstraße in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt district (Krieau). A Syrian citizen is said to have threatened her with a knife. Reason: He wanted to “have her”!
The young woman told our reporter that the alleged perpetrator, a 28-year-old man, kept coming to the table where she, her mother and her grandfather were sitting. The Syrian had been asked to leave several times until he suddenly pulled out a bread knife and held it to the 25-year-old’s neck.
The courageous mother then had the presence of mind to knock the knife out of the attacker’s hand and, with the help of her grandfather, pinned him to the ground until the police arrived. The suspect was arrested on the spot and charged on suspicion of making a dangerous threat. According to the Vienna Provincial Police Directorate, he was taken to a prison after consultation with the public prosecutor’s office.
The incident took place in broad daylight on July 7, at around 8.00 pm according to the victim. The first few days after this experience were not particularly funny, the young woman described the effects of the incident. When asked whether she had any idea why the man had reached for the knife, the 25-year-old replied:
‘When he was lying on the ground, I asked him why he did it. He replied: “Because I wanted you”.
She is now very angry and warned about what can happen to you in Vienna in broad daylight, the young woman told us. The suspected perpetrator had apparently carried the bread knife in his rucksack. You never know when you might suddenly have to cut a loaf of bread somewhere….
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