Perpetrators arrested – dealers threatened passers-by in Graz with pistols


On Saturday night in Graz, three men were threatened with a gun by young people on the street. The police arrested the perpetrators shortly afterwards. You are now in Jakomini Prison.

The perpetrators are likely to be street dealers: the three Syrians (aged 18 to 20 according to the police) offered the three men (between 23 and 25) drugs at around 2.30 a.m. When the victims (they are 23 to 25) declined, one of the dealers (18) pulled out a blank gun and aimed at the three men. These ran straight away and notified the police emergency number.

Weapon secured
Police officers were able to catch the perpetrators in the course of a manhunt a short time later. The alarm pistol had been secured, it said. In the course of the interrogation, the 18-year-old partially confessed. No drugs were found. The perpetrators were brought to the Graz-Jakomini prison by order of the public prosecutor’s office.