On Friday evening, a 41-year-old attacked a police officer at Reumannplatz in Vienna with a knife. In his interrogation, Jordaan now gave ‘suicide by police officer’ as the motive. So he wanted to die in a hail of police bullets.
He was having personal problems and saw a police operation that gave him this idea. He didn’t care what happened to the police officer or if he killed him. The crime in the weapons ban zone in Vienna-Favoriten was captured on video. It shows the force with which the 41-year-old had stabbed. This actually caused the knife blade to curve.
As reported, police officers from the Favoriten city police command were on duty in the Keplerplatz district on Friday shortly before 8 p.m. He is said to have thrown glass bottles around. Meanwhile, the uninvolved 41-year-old approached, suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed an officer in the upper body.
You can watch a video of the incident here.
Psychological support for police officer
The 24-year-old officer suffered abrasions and fortunately the knife ended up in his stab-resistant vest. He could no longer continue his service and received psychological care. The attacker was subdued using a Taser and arrested, with the knife confiscated.
‘Suicide by cop’ is the subject of several American feature films. In the United States, there were also repeated live broadcasts of real cases.
The Vienna case is expected to be transferred to the Public Prosecution Service on Saturday, after which the attacker will likely be transferred to a prison. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) thanked the emergency services involved for their “professional work” and wished the injured person a speedy recovery.
If you or someone close to you is in an exceptional psychological situation or suffers from suicidal thoughts, please contact the telephone advice service on 142. Other crisis hotlines and emergency numbers can be found HERE.
Source: Krone
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