Perpetrator on the run

Perpetrator on the run – person stabbed in ZiB

An intensive search for the perpetrators is underway around the ZIB(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

An intensive police search was carried out around the ZIB shopping center in the Schallmoos district of Salzburg on Friday evening. They were looking for three fugitives who allegedly stabbed a person with a knife.

According to eyewitnesses, wild scenes took place at the ZIB shopping center at around 7 pm. One person was attacked with a knife and stabbed by an as yet unknown perpetrator.

The victim had to be taken to hospital with emergency medical assistance.

At the time of going to press, emergency services were also using a helicopter to find the perpetrator, who was still on the run. 

The cause and exact course of the violent crime are still under investigation.