The investigation into the bloody confrontation between the police and the suspected knife attacker on Tuesday at the National Employment Office (AMS) in Lienz is in full swing. The injured suspect, who was shot and had to undergo surgery, has not yet been questioned. The investigations into the use of firearms are now being carried out by a team of investigators from Tyrol. The employees of AMS are under psychological care.
Those who want to visit the labor market service of Lienz on Wednesday will find the doors closed. The branch will remain closed on Tuesday afternoon after the bloody incidents. The shock is still deep. Everything still needs to be worked out.
Director threatened with knife
At around 11:45 a.m., a 37-year-old resident of the AMS panicked. He would have threatened an executive and held a knife under her nose. The employee managed to flee the office. She was unharmed.
When several police patrols arrived, the suspect was alone in the office, knife in hand. He was ordered to put the knife on the ground and surrender. The alleged perpetrator then attacked the police officers. An officer used pepper spray.
Police officer attacked with knife – shot fired
The suspect then attacked the officer several times with a knife and stabbed him in the upper arm. Since the pepper spray had no effect on the suspect, another officer fired a shot with his service pistol, wounding the suspect in the hip and killing him. eventually arrested,” the detectives said after the crime.
While the injured police officer was released after treatment at Lienz hospital, the alleged attacker had to undergo surgery on Tuesday afternoon. “So far, the 37-year-old has not been questioned,” said a police spokesman for “Krone” on Wednesday morning. It was initially unclear whether a daytime survey was still possible.
Gunfire investigation
The exact motive is therefore still unclear. The suspect is believed to be in a mental state of distress. The investigations into the use of firearms by the police are carried out by a team of investigators from Tyrol. Reports circulated on Tuesday that these would be taken over by officials from another state.
AMS employees in psychological care
“After Tuesday’s incident, the case has come into effect that we have started crisis intervention. We have our own program for this and the employees receive psychological support,” explains Evelyne Thum, spokeswoman for AMS Tirol. She also assures that this attack was an absolutely “exceptional situation”: “Of course, something like this doesn’t happen more often”. in Austria, but that is not the order of the day.
Should the “worst case” arise, the AMS also has its own security concept and agents who know how to proceed. That was also the case in Lienz. In addition, there is a call for help button on the computers for all employees, which indicates to colleagues in the office that something is wrong.
The AMS in Lienz is a smaller office compared to other district capitals in Tyrol. About 25 employees work there and almost all of them were present at the time of Tuesday’s attack.
Source: Krone
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