In Eisenstadt, an unknown is currently committing mischief in two apartment buildings and flooding basements in rows. With the fire brigade and police, he delivers a true game of cat and mouse.
Police in Eisenstadt are currently on the hunt for a “water devil”. The unknown repeatedly flooded the basements of residential buildings in the capital for several days. The perpetrator probably destroyed the valves on the pressurized water pipes with a sledgehammer. Due to the deluge of water, the rooms are flooded up to half a meter in a very short time. At the end of the day there had already been ten operations and it was not until Wednesday morning that the pump had to be emptied again.
Use late into the night
The first incident occurred on Saturday in a residential complex near the Chamber of Commerce. Then the “water devil” – as some residents already call him – moved to a facility of the Oberwart branch cooperative in Bahngasse. There it was a true cat-and-mouse game with the fire brigade on Tuesday. No sooner had one chamber been pumped empty than the next was knee-deep in water. The operation lasted well into the night and the last alarm was after one o’clock in the morning.
Not even the police deter criminals
The perpetrator was not impressed by the fact that not only the fire brigade, but also more than a dozen police officers and OSG employees were on site from noon. Instead, he just carried on with his hustle.
Access blocked
“We are completely at our wits’ end,” said OSG CEO Alfred Kollar. You’ve seen scratched cars or flat tires before. “But we have never had such a situation in all these years.” There will be about 250 apartments in the complex. The housing cooperative convened a crisis meeting on Wednesday. The entrances to the basement and underground car park will be blocked. OSG employees are stationed at the entrances and exits. “It’s about the safety of the residents. This is an extremely uncomfortable and frightening situation for everyone,” says Kollar.
Local residents are speculating about who the perpetrators may be
Meanwhile, there is a lot of speculation in the residential complex who could be behind the water attacks. It is believed that it could be a resident who could move back and forth between the apartment and the basement undetected. “Due to the pressure of the water, he has to be completely soaked every time. And above all: what is his motive?
Source: Krone
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