With two knives

Hostage taker at AMS Gmunden: “Lock me up!”

Numerous shocked witnesses witnessed the incident.(Bild: Klemens Fellner)

Shock at the Gmunden Employment Service: A client (36) threatened the deputy head of department with a knife on Thursday afternoon and had a second one in his pocket! Tens of shocked witnesses called the emergency services, as did the hostage-taker. Because he really wanted to go to prison - the background is thought-provoking.

"Please lock me up, otherwise I'll do it again!" A hostage-taker at the Gmunden Employment Service in Upper Austria had an unusual motive: he was determined to go to prison. But first things first.