Man attacks police officer guarding Austrian Parliament

A man has been arrested after he tried to drag a police guard from his car outside the Austrian parliament building.

Man attacks police officer guarding Austrian Parliament

A man has been arrested after he tried to drag a police guard from his car outside the Austrian parliament building.

Vienna police said the incident took place shortly after 8am, when the 26-year-old suspect, an Afghan national, spoke to the officer in his patrol car, then grabbed his clothes and tried to pull him out of the vehicle.

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