WEGA was on site

Operation: Another fight with a firearm in Vienna!

Shots have been fired again in Vienna. After two young men suffered serious injuries from a firearm on Yppenplatz on Sunday evening, there was another threat with a firearm in Donaustadt shortly after midnight. One of those involved was only 19 years old. 

Police officers from the Donaustadt municipal police command, the riot unit, the task force and WEGA were called to Hardegasse subway station because of alleged gunshots. Witnesses reported having observed an argument in the street. One man is said to have first hit another with an object - whereupon the other is said to have drawn a weapon! 

Shot fired into the ground
It is said to have been a blank-firing weapon, with which one of the two men fired a shot into the ground. He is then said to have aimed at his opponent! The two men then allegedly fled the scene. 

19-year-old had a firearm with him
"Two men were stopped during the immediate search. It turned out that they were the men involved in the incident, a 27-year-old Afghan national and a 19-year-old Slovakian national," confirmed police spokesman Philipp Haßlinger on Monday. The dangerous threat is said to have been triggered by an argument between the two men. The alarm gun was found on the younger man - he is only 19. He received a weapons ban. 

The 27-year-old will be charged with suspicion of assault and dangerous threats. No one was injured in the incident.