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Photo: Matthias Schrader
A military police guarded a street in Vienna, Austria, after the terrorist attack on Monday night in which four people died and a score were injured. Stock Photography.
People have rallied under hashtags like #prayforlondon and #jesuisCharlie after previous terrorist attacks in Europe. In Austria, the words “schleich di, du oaschloch” (squeeze the forest, your butt) are applied, inspired by the irate reaction of a witness towards the terrorist in the middle of the attack.
Many witnessed the terrorist attack in the Austrian capital Vienna, where a 20-year-old gunman attacked various locations in the city center, killing four people. One of the witnesses was so upset when he saw what was happening that in a broad dialect he yelled “schleich di, du oaschloch” at the terrorist – Viennese slang which roughly means “squeeze the forest, your butt”.
“Typical Vienna”
Now the expression has become widespread on social media, as a hashtag on Twitter and in profile photos on Facebook. T-shirts are also sold with the quote. Words have become something to gather, something that can amuse a little amid all the sadness and anger, and something that many say gives expression to a typical dissatisfaction reaction among Vienna residents.
“The guy who yelled ‘Oaschloch’ at the killer has personified Vienna as I know it, and I like that so much. He’s not exactly that heroic, but he stands up for what one believes in all kinds of situations,” writes one Twitter user .
A myth?
The story has been made known, among other things, through a Facebook post by an Austrian presenter, who wrote that her editors received a video showing the witness’s reaction. It is unclear if it actually happened as claimed, or if it is a formation of myth, according to the Austrian television company ORF. There is a movie in which you can at least hear the cry of “arschloch”, but not the full expression.
But it may not matter exactly what the witness said. In any case, the people of Vienna have had their own word of battle to end after the terrorist attack.
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