Attack on a winegrower

“Suddenly he had a gun in his hand”

Sebastian Nittnaus was attacked in one of his vineyards and the perpetrators also tore his jacket. They are still on the run.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Hans Nittnaus, Charlotte Titz)

Now even the vineyard is no longer safe. A winegrower was attacked and robbed at work in Gols (Burgenland). The young man's parents are shocked.

Sebastian Nittnaus will probably not forget February 20th in a hurry. He had set off early to prune the vines in the vineyard. "I always take a break at nine and have breakfast," he says.

Asked for water
Two men were waiting by his car. They were driving a silver Ford Focus with Ukrainian license plates and asked Golser in broken German for water for the engine.

I found a bottle of mineral water in the car, which I offered them.

Sebastian Nittnaus

Jacket torn
But suddenly the men became pushy and wanted the winemaker's car keys. After they pushed him to the ground, he handed them the car keys. But that was not enough. "One of the men started to search me and also tore my jacket," the robbery victim describes. "He suddenly had a gun in his hand. But he held it past me."

The two perpetrators took Sebastian Nittnaus' cell phone and his watch. They also demanded a wallet and reacted angrily because the young man didn't have one with him.

Wound and scratches

Eventually they let go of him, got into their Ford and Nittnaus' green Skoda and drove off in the direction of Gols. The young man suffered a few scratches on the back of his hand and a small wound on his face from the robbery. Nittnaus' cell phone was found in the region around Mönchhof. The perpetrators' car, a silver Ford, was confiscated in Mönchhof without license plates.

The shock runs deep. "Now you're not even safe in the vineyard," the parents shake their heads. Nittnaus walked home and only then were the police informed. The investigations by the State Office of Criminal Investigation are in full swing.

The alert search was unsuccessful.(Bild: Charlotte Titz)