Gemunden am main: 30-year-old attacks rescue service and police and threatens with knife

On sunday morning, the police from lohr am main in lower franconia arrested a 30-year-old man who was apparently under the influence of alcohol and had attacked an ambulance crew in gemunden am main and threatened them with a knife. The arrested was admitted to a district hospital as an inpatient. He is now under investigation for various criminal offenses.

Around 9 o'clock with the operation center of the polizeiprasidiums underfranken the message was received that a man in a house in the gartenstrabe became riotous. When the officers of the police inspection lohr arrived at the scene, the rescue service was already on site. Witnesses stated that the 30-year-old had actually attacked the emergency services and threatened them with a knife. Fortunately, no one was injured, as the police reported.

Assaulted with pepper spray

In the entrance area of the apartment, the police officers met the 30-year-old, who at that moment grabbed a knife and approached the patrol crew with it. Since the man did not put away the knife in spite of several requests, he was overpowered with the use of pepper spray and arrested beforehand.

The suspected perpetrator suffered minor injuries during the arrest operation. He was treated on site by the ambulance service and then treated as an outpatient in a hospital. As it turned out, the suspected perpetrator had probably been under the influence of alcohol. A breath alcohol test showed a value of over two per mille, according to police.

Still on sunday, the accused was admitted to a district hospital as an inpatient. He is now being investigated for assault on rescue workers, intentional bodily harm and threatening behaviour.