Darmstadt (dpa / lhe) – A 78-year-old man threatened a 24-year-old employee of a Darmstadt telephone company with a blank gun. The 24-year-old rang the old man’s doorbell on Thursday night, after which he asked him to leave at gunpoint, Darmstadt police said Friday. The 78-year-old verbally threatened the young man. Alarmed police confiscated the gun. Proceedings have been initiated against him on suspicion of a threat. The background of the incident was still unclear.
