Man insults taxi driver racist and freaks out – Salzburg
In Bad Hofgastein, a taxi passenger attacked his driver and several police officers. After the arrest, he rioted at the police station.
On Thursday night, an extremely aggressive passenger and a taxi driver clashed violently in Bad Hofgastein. In the area of a bus stop, the 27-year-old man from Pongau completely freaked out, repeatedly insulted the Turkish-born driver and tried to prevent the taxi with punches. Then he attacked his opponent.
A police officer injured
With a lit cigarette, he tried to injure the 33-year-old taxi driver, threatened him and kicked him. Even when the police arrived, the Pongauer did not calm down, threatened him and injured the officers who intervened.
During the course of the arrest, the 27-year-old put up considerable resistance and eventually damaged the police detention room. According to an alcohol test carried out, the Salzburger had 1.16 per thousand alcohol in the blood. At the request of the public prosecutor’s office, he was taken to the Salzburg prison and reported for numerous crimes.