Fight on the ski slope

Hooligan kicked opponent in the face with snowboard boot

An argument between skiers in the Tyrolean ski resort of Alpbachtal/Wildschönau escalated completely on Wednesday. A previously unknown person kicked a 14-year-old lying on the ground in the face. The police are appealing for information. 

On Saturday morning, a Dutch family was skiing in the SkiJuwel Alpbachtal/Wildschönau ski area. At around 10.50 am, they skied together from the mountain station of the Alpbachtal/Wildschönau connecting lift down Red Slope no. 5 towards the Schatzbergbahn mountain station. 

No collision, but still a dispute
During the descent, the 19-year-old son had to avoid a child and a man standing on the piste. Although there was no collision with the other two skiers, there was initially a verbal and then a physical altercation between the unknown men on the one hand and the 19-year-old and his 14- and 18-year-old siblings on the other. 

Sister unconscious after being hit
The 14-year-old fell to the ground, whereupon one of the unknown men kicked him in the face with his snowboard boot. His 18-year-old sister tried to settle the dispute, was punched in the face and briefly knocked unconscious. 

Perpetrators fled
The unknown men then fled in an unknown direction. The 18-year-old was taken to Kufstein District Hospital by the ambulance service. Her 14-year-old brother went to the hospital on his own. 

Description of the unknown perpetrators: 
1st person: male, approx. 30 years old with a full brown beard, dressed in a red jacket 
2nd person: male, approx. 30 years old, wearing glasses, dressed in a blue jacket 
Both men spoke German, at least one of them was on a snowboard. 

Please call the Wörgl police station on 059133 / 7221 with any useful information.