His motive remains completely unclear, he only revealed his name: "Radu".
A man, probably in his early 30s, triggered a spectacular police operation at Mariahilf Monastery in Passau on Sunday morning.
Passau
- The first time the officers arrived at around 1 a.m.
A father heard footsteps on the tin roof of the Mariahilf * monastery in Passau * and called the police.
However, the patrol couldn't find anything and moved away again.
Shortly before 4 o'clock strange noises from the monastery roof again, the monastery brothers called the police again.
Passau: Confused man climbs the monastery roof at night - and holed up
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A large number of police surrounded the Mariahilf monastery in Passau on Sunday morning.
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And this time the officials struck gold: a man had holed himself up on the roof of the monastery.
He was carrying a backpack.
He stood high up on the roof and looked out over the Danube.
The officers spoke to him.
According to the Passau police, he looked confused and repeatedly asked for a cell phone.
According to the police, the roof was also wet and slippery, so that no officer could get on the roof at first.
Still, they talked a little.
The man on the roof introduced himself as "Radu" and spoke only English.
The Passau police also reported: “After the police officers found out, the man expressed himself incoherently and confused.
The man refused to return to the building or allow police officers to approach him.
Even when he was called in by the fire brigade, he saw no possibility of rescuing the person without his will. "
Because the man's intention remained unclear and the situation could not be defused, the officials asked the SEK from Munich for support.
The special task force surrounded the monastery.
The fire brigade * advanced with a turntable ladder.
But the man just didn't want to come down from the roof.
Why?
So far, only he knows that.
Mariahilf Monastery in Passau: Suddenly a man jumps from roof to roof - and disappears
Because despite the SEK and a large number of police, the man was able to flee.
Suddenly, in the middle of the negotiations with the police, around 9:30 a.m., the man jumped up and from roof to roof in the direction of the Danube, at the end on the roof of the pilgrimage stairs, ran down this completely, jumped on solid ground - and disappeared.
The police also wrote: "A quick access was not possible here because of the very difficult terrain and in order not to endanger one's own strength."
A subsequent manhunt, including a drone used by the local fire department for the injured person, has so far been unsuccessful.
Now the police in Passau * are looking for the mysterious climber.
It is described as follows.
Man triggers a huge police operation at Mariahilf Monastery in Passau - description
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The wanted man as he sits on the roof of the monastery.
© Police Passau
About 170 to 175 centimeters tall
between 30 and 35 years old
Blue hoodie
transparent rain jacket
sneakers
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