Overview
- The man entered a clinical-psychology room at the St. Johann hospital around 9 a.m. and threatened two physicians with a pistol, demanding that one call his wife.
- After the doctors de-escalated the situation and left the room unharmed, officers made contact with the suspect and he fired a shot.
- Investigators report the projectile passed through a partition and into an adjacent wall where three people were present on the opposite side but were not endangered.
- Police quickly overpowered the 56-year-old Austrian and arrested him; no injuries were reported and the firearm was seized.
- The Landeskriminalamt is investigating motive as the suspect faces a charge of severe coercion and a temporary weapons ban; the hospital resumed normal operations and provided Red Cross crisis support, with Cobra’s presence reported by local media.