Overview
- A verbal dispute over the distribution of alcohol among about 20 people escalated when an unknown person handed a roughly 50 cm machete to a 19-year-old who then waved it during a gathering on Friday night, and a 21-year-old attendee called the emergency number after feeling threatened.
- Officers responded with about 20 patrol cars, including units from the Einsatzhundertschaft and the Unterstützungskommando (USK), reflecting that police treated the report as a potentially high-risk public-safety situation.
- Police arrested the 19-year-old without resistance, found and secured the machete nearby, filed a charge of Bedrohung (threat) at a local station, and released him after processing.
- Kommissariat 26 now leads the active investigation, focusing on who owned the weapon and whether the 21-year-old was specifically targeted or was threatened at random.
- The incident took place at the Flauchersteg in Sendling, a popular riverside meeting area where late-night conflicts can draw major police deployments and raise local safety concerns.