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Austrian Man Arrested After Attacking Social Workers Investigating Family Living Illegally in Wine Cellar

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Key takeaways:

  • Austrian police arrested a 54-year-old man after he attacked two social workers with pepper spray when they arrived to investigate reports of a family living illegally in a private wine cellar.
  • The social workers found the 54-year-old man living with a woman and six children, aged from 7 months to 5 years old.
  • The 54-year-old man was arrested and the woman and children were taken to a safe location. The investigation is ongoing.

On Monday, Austrian police arrested a 54-year-old man after he attacked two social workers with pepper spray when they arrived to investigate reports of a family living illegally in a private wine cellar in Obritz, a small town near the Czech border.

The social workers had been sent to investigate reports from neighbors that a family was living in the wine cellar. Vice-mayor Erich Greil told the Austrian broadcaster ORF that “residents sometimes heard children’s voices in the basement.”

The social workers found the 54-year-old man living with a woman and six children, aged from 7 months to 5 years old. The identities of the children were still being determined by police in the Austrian province of Lower Austria.

The 54-year-old man was arrested and is currently in police custody. The woman and children were taken to a safe location. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time.

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