Toy weapon on bridge over Rhine border triggers police operation
Published: Thursday, Sep 19th 2024, 14:40
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On Wednesday evening, three people walked across the Rhine wooden bridge from Stein AG to Bad Säckingen (D) with an openly carried softair machine gun. They triggered a large contingent of emergency services from Germany and Switzerland.
The police headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau announced on Thursday that the search measures initiated after the alarm was raised at 9.15 p.m. had initially failed to locate the wanted persons.
During further investigations, two of the wanted persons were found in the Bad Säckingen area at around midnight. An 18-year-old man was carrying the soft air weapon.
The deceptively real-looking toy weapon was confiscated, the police headquarters reported. A baton he was carrying was also seized. Preliminary proceedings have been initiated against the man for the illegal "carrying of a semblance of a weapon".
The Aargau cantonal police, the German federal police and the state police were involved in the operation with large forces, it was reported.
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