According to the Austrian police, the man showed himself to other people, but did not threaten to shoot.
According to the Austrian police, a Finnish man was walking around with a gas pistol at the Christmas market in Vienna on Friday.
Several Austrian media have also written about the matter, such as newspaper Heute and broadcasting company ORF.
The man was after eight in the evening local time at the Christmas market in the Simmering district. According to a press release from the Austrian police the police received an alert that the owner of the market stall saw a man with a gun in the market.
According to witnesses, the man repeatedly opened his jacket and deliberately showed the gun to other people, but did not threaten to shoot the gun.
A nearby police patrol found the man in the market. The man was in possession of a gas pistol and steel ammunition.
The police announcement mentions a gas pistol, but does not say in more detail what kind of weapon it was.
According to the police release, the 39-year-old Finnish man was heavily drunk.
The police confiscated the man’s gun. He is suspected of disorderly conduct.
The display of the gun came about an hour after a man drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday. According to the Austrian media, the police increased their patrols at Christmas markets in Austria after that as well.
Neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the Embassy of Vienna commented on the matter to on Saturday evening.