Threatened with a knife

Cobra deployed to dispute in Salzburg apartment block

A storm of blue lights in Salzburg-Lehen: On Sunday evening, the special police unit had to be deployed to defuse a relationship dispute. The officers even used the fire department's turntable ladder to get into the apartment on the seventh floor.

A large-scale police operation took place in the Lehen district of Salzburg on Sunday evening. According to media reports, this was triggered by a relationship dispute on the seventh floor of a residential building. The Cobra special unit was deployed. A 27-year-old Austrian was arrested during the operation. He had allegedly threatened the officers with a knife. 

(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

The officers had to use the fire department's aerial ladder to get into the seventh-floor attic apartment.(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

The fire and rescue services were also deployed. The fire department used the turntable ladder to hoist the Cobra officers onto the balcony of the seventh-floor apartment. The police also seized a small amount of narcotics in the offender's apartment. No persons were injured in the incident.