A 42-year-old man is suspected of threatening children with a Schreckschusspistole, a blank-firing pistol, in the courtyard of a multi-unit building in Vienna-Brigittenau. Adults at the scene intervened and held him until police arrived. The incident took place on 26 October 2026 at around 16:45. Officers from the Police Inspectorate Dresdner Straße arrested the man and found both the Schreckschusspistole and a kitchen knife during checks. Police said the adults who stepped in took the weapon away. The man was taken into custody and a preliminary weapons ban was issued. An alcohol test showed about 1.8 per mille. In questioning, the 42-year-old said he could no longer remember the incident. The two items, the blank-firing pistol and the knife, were seized. He is still in police custody.