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Hostage situation in Austrian ski resort as suspect locks himself in bank Perpetrator arrested after taking hostage in bank in Austrian ski resort – police
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A perpetrator has taken a hostage during a bank-hold-up in the town of Erpfendorf, in the Tyrol resort area of Austria, local media report citing police. Law enforcement have deployed forces, including special ops, to the site. The perpetrator, who took a hostage during a bank-hold-up in the town of Erpfendorf in the Tyrol resort area of Austria, has been arrested, local police say. The hostage suffered no injuries and has been freed.
Surrounding buildings have been evacuated and the town center is currently closed. “After intensive negotiations carried out by the officers of the police-negotiation group, the perpetrator was persuaded to release the hostage. The man is currently doing well,” a police statement posted on Facebook said.
“According to the current information, a perpetrator has taken one hostage,” police representatives said as cited by the local Kurier.at. The hostage is reportedly a customer, according to Der Standard newspaper citing police. “Even the perpetrator realized the hopelessness of the situation, left the bank and was arrested by members of the Cobra unit,” the statement added.
Anti-terrorist special unit Cobra has been sent to the area, Austria’s APA news agency reports. Earlier, law enforcement had to deploy forces, including special ops, to the site.
There are no demands from the perpetrator so far, police say. Surrounding buildings were evacuated and the town center was closed.
“According to the current information, a perpetrator has taken one hostage,” police representatives said earlier as cited by the local Kurier.at. The hostage was reportedly a customer, according to Der Standard newspaper citing police.
Anti-terrorist special unit Cobra was sent to the area, Austria’s APA news agency reported.
There were no demands from the perpetrator, police said.
“We are in sporadic contact [with the hostage-taker],” spokeswoman for the law enforcement told the local media, without elaborating on the details.“We are in sporadic contact [with the hostage-taker],” spokeswoman for the law enforcement told the local media, without elaborating on the details.
The town of Erpfendorf is in the Austrian state of Tyrol, not far from the world-renowned Kitzbuehel ski resort area.The town of Erpfendorf is in the Austrian state of Tyrol, not far from the world-renowned Kitzbuehel ski resort area.