He had one hand free! Because he was so annoyed by cyclists and e-scooters who were illegally riding on the sidewalks, a pensioner in Linz pulled out a knife. He had it with him in the rollator, which he relies on. And the attacker was serious: he told the police that he would stab again.
“The police do nothing, that’s why I took action” – a 65-year-old from Linz, who felt repeatedly harassed and harassed by e-scooter drivers on the sidewalk, took the law into his own hands. He is dependent on a walker and needs more space, or rather: he cannot get out of the way so easily.
Attack at shoulder height
Whether he went armed on Friday or whether he happened to have the 20-centimetre-long knife with him, could not be made clear. In any case, the man from Linz took up the knife on Friday morning when one of his enemy statues approached him again on the pavement on Hafenstrasse. On the pavement, on the electric scooter. According to a witness, the pensioner attacked the young man at shoulder height with a knife. But the chosen victim was able to get out of the way and avoid injury.
The victim must come forward
The attacked person apparently did not want any further confrontation and continued on his way. But the witness raised the alarm with the police, who were able to find and arrest the suspect a short time later. “I will do it again if the police stop taking tough action against cyclists and scooter riders on the sidewalks,” threatened the man from Linz, who has difficulty walking, but said he had only wanted to scratch the victim.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office had the attacker taken to Linz prison and the attacker was asked to report to the police.
E-scooters are allowed on streets and cycle paths
The argument that e-scooters have no place on the sidewalk is correct; driving is prohibited here. Protective paths are also taboo for scooters and pedestrian zones may only be used at walking pace if cycling is allowed there. In principle, e-scooters should be driven on cycle paths, if available. Otherwise, the lanes are also intended for electric scooters.
Source: Krone
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