Prayer with Rifle: Man Triggers Police Operation

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A man is said to have prayed with a rifle in a park in Vienna-Simmering – a witness makes an alarm. Because it is unclear whether it is a real weapon, the police move out with full equipment. A curious scene becomes out of the supposed risk. A puzzling incident in Vienna's Herderpark triggered a police operation on Friday afternoon. A man is said to have handled there with a rifle and bowed down in a way that, according to a witness, seemed like…

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In Vienna-Simmering, the police were on duty on Friday afternoon, on 20 June 2025, because someone was standing in the Herderpark with a supposed rifle. A Viennese saw a 34-year-old in the Herderpark (11th district, Simmering) on Friday afternoon, on 20 June 2025 at about 4.30 p.m., as he was praying with a rifle and allegedly bowed down. Therefore, he called the police, who went to the park using the required self-security measures, it is now s…