At the Munich-Pasing train station, a dispute over the mask requirement escalated on Saturday evening.
A teenager wanted to help a senior citizen - and was in danger.
Munich
- A dispute over the
mask requirement
has
escalated in a worrying way
at
the Pasing train station
: A 61-year-old wheelchair user
threatened
a young person with a
meat fork
and a
kitchen knife
at the weekend
, as the
federal police announced
on Sunday.
He also threw a bottle at the 16-year-old.
Munich: Dispute over mask requirement escalates at Pasing station - wheelchair user pulls meat fork and knife
According to the information, an
85-year-old woman from Munich
had previously
informed
the homeless of his
lack of mouth and nose protection
.
When the man yelled at the elderly woman, the
youth from Planegg
rushed
to help.
The incident took place on
Saturday evening
(October 31).
However, he was unable to calm the situation.
On the contrary: the 61-year-old first pulled the meat fork out of a jacket pocket.
When the threatened man retreated, the man threw a
full bottle of beer
at the teenager, but luckily did not hit him.
As a result, he also picked up a kitchen knife and threatened again.
Munich: Homeless person threatens teenagers because of quarrels about mouth and nose protection - the attacker was heavily drunk
A
railway security
patrol was then able to defuse the situation.
The federal police called in seized the improvised weapons and brought the 61-year-old to the
station at the main station *
.
The attacker agreed to a
breath alcohol test
.
The result could partly explain the incident:
He measured
1.57 per thousand
.
According to the federal police, the man already has a relevant criminal record.
He is now awaiting a trial for threat and attempted dangerous bodily harm.
There are always
disputes about the mask requirement
in Bavaria: In Geretsried, for example, there were recently three injured in a similar dispute, as
Merkur.de
* reported.
Police unions in general complain of an increasingly aggressive mood.
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