A 24-year-old Romanian got into a fight with a police patrol in the center of the Austrian city of Klagenfurt and tried to bite an officer during his arrest, Austrian media reported, News.ro reported.

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At the moment when the police car stopped at the traffic light, the Romanian started making offensive gestures, showing the policemen including the middle finger, apparently for no reason.

The incident happened on Thursday, around 3:15 p.m. First, the 24-year-old man made offensive gestures at the police officers in the patrol car, then he lay down on his back on the hood of the patrol car and continued to make offensive gestures at the police officers who were sitting in the car.

When the agents asked him to move away from the car, the man attacked the policewoman.

During the next arrest, he tried to bite the officer. The police had to use pepper spray against him.

The man was temporarily detained and, after receiving medical aid, was taken to the Klagenfurt police station.

It will be reported after the investigation is completed.