St. Pölten: Police search for a fugitive prisoner

Escape of a prisoner in St. Pölten – 3 escape aides arrested

S T. PÖLTEN (pa). A 27-year-old man in custody is said to have eluded the supervision of the St. Pölten prison guards on November 14, 2020, around 9:10 p.m., after outpatient treatment at the University Hospital of St. Pölten, in which he left the hospital. kidnapped by force by officials and allegedly fled in the direction of Corvinus Straße.

Chase alarm activated

The immediate follow-up by the jailers was negative for the moment. Lower Austrian police launched an alarm chase.
Three alleged escape helpers are likely to have supported the 27-year-old’s further escape, which initially continued in the urban area of ​​St. Pölten with a car. This vehicle was found and secured in the course of the chase. Two more taxis were used to escape and a taxi driver sounded an alarm at 9:33 pm The St. Pölten taxi companies had previously been informed of the possibility of the police transporting the accused.

Escape workers arrested

In the course of the alarm search, the taxis with the three alleged escapees, a 21-year-old Croatian citizen and two 26 and 40-year-old Romanian citizens, were seen by a police patrol on the A1, in the direction of Vienna, and they stopped in the Steinhäusl area. The three passengers have been provisionally detained and their interrogations are ongoing.
The 27-year-old refugee prisoner was not among those detained; he is still at large.
A prison guard is said to have fired several shots from his service weapon in pursuit. Apparently no one was injured.

Description of the person: The 27-year-old Romanian citizen is about 175 cm tall, stout, short hair, bandage on his left hand, wears civilian clothes.

Information is requested from the St. Pölten City Police Command, Operational Criminal Service (OKD) at Tel .: 059133-35-3333.