“Stab him in the back!”

Call for a knife attack on Hallein’s mayor

A resident of Tennengau posted a scandalous video online. In it, he calls for the mayor to be attacked from behind with a knife.(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

An arcade full of slot machines right in the middle of the old town—this is causing quite a stir in Salzburg’s second-largest city! One resident even launches into a bizarre and scandalous tirade in a video. At the center of it all: Mayor Alexander Stangassinger (SPÖ) ...

The video is nearly three minutes long and actually starts off quite innocently. A Hallein resident looks into the camera of his cell phone late at night, talks himself into a rage—and doesn’t hold back on his criticism of the mayor of Salzburg’s second-largest city.