Vandal in Innsbruck

Loss at the betting office: unlucky man demolishes traffic lights

The frustration after a visit to the betting office was obviously great: so great that a 33-year-old local man gave free rein to his aggression on Saturday evening in Innsbruck. After the suspect demolished traffic lights, he was provisionally arrested by the police.

At around 6 p.m., passers-by had observed an initially unknown vandal wildly smashing two traffic lights in Innsbruck's Schützenstraße. The witnesses immediately alerted the police. In the course of a manhunt, a patrol was finally able to quickly track down the suspect and make a provisional arrest.

He stated that he had committed the damage to property out of frustration over a gambling loss in a betting shop.

Die Ermittler

Money lost while betting
The suspected perpetrator was a 33-year-old Austrian. "He stated that he had committed the damage to property out of frustration over a gambling loss in a betting shop," said the investigators.

Reported at large
The amount of property damage caused cannot yet be quantified. After being questioned, the suspect was released.