An observant passerby triggered a police operation on Monday evening in Vienna-Leopoldstadt. The witness observed a man around 7:45 PM on Krakauer Street who was apparently attempting to steal a bicycle. He then notified the police emergency number.

Shortly thereafter, officers from the Praterstern police station were able to stop a suspect in the nearby Leopold-Moses-Gasse. During the search of the man, the police made a discovery.

According to the Vienna State Police Directorate, the stopped man is a 45-year-old Hungarian national. During a personal search, the officers secured an angle grinder from him.

Such a device can be used, among other things, to cut through metal. Whether the secured angle grinder was actually used in the attempted theft is not clear from the police report. The officers arrested the 45-year-old.

The presumption of innocence applies to the 45-year-old.

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