Safety · Alba Iulia
Man with airsoft weapon and grenade asks police officer to shoot him in Alba Iulia
A 43-year-old man entered the access-control area of the Alba Iulia Municipal Police headquarters on Saturday evening, 24 October 2026, and asked an on-duty officer to shoot him. Police restrained him inside the building, no one was injured, and a prosecutor ordered him held for 24 hours.
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In brief
A 43-year-old man entered the access-control area of the Alba Iulia Municipal Police headquarters on Saturday evening, 24 October 2026, with an airsoft weapon and an airsoft grenade.
IPJ Alba said the on-duty officer was not injured, and police immobilised and handcuffed the man inside the building before SAS fighters arrived.
A prosecutor from the prosecutor's office attached to the Alba Iulia Court ordered the man held for 24 hours overnight, and he is being investigated for ultraj and for possessing dangerous objects without authorisation.
- Evening, 24 October 2026Man enters the access-control area with an airsoft weapon and grenade and asks an officer to shoot him
- Immediately afterPolice immobilise and handcuff the man inside the headquarters
- Following the restraintSAS special operations fighters arrive at the scene
- Overnight into 25 OctoberProsecutor orders the man held for 24 hours
What happened
On Saturday evening, 24 October 2026, a 43-year-old man from Alba Iulia went through the access-control area of the Alba Iulia Municipal Police headquarters carrying an airsoft weapon and an airsoft grenade, according to the Alba County police inspectorate (IPJ Alba). He pointed both items at the on-duty officer and asked him to shoot. Police officers inside the building immobilised and handcuffed the man, and fighters from the Service for Special Actions (SAS) arrived at the scene afterward. IPJ Alba said the officer was not injured and that no one else was hurt in the incident.
Police search and detention
A body search by officers turned up a pocket knife, police said. The prosecutor's office attached to the Alba Iulia Court then ordered the man held for 24 hours, a measure taken overnight into 25 October. He is being investigated for ultraj and for possessing or using dangerous objects without authorisation. Police in Alba Iulia described the restraint and the arrival of the SAS fighters in their own statement.
“The man was immobilised and handcuffed by police officers inside the headquarters of the Alba Iulia Municipal Police.”
Weapons and early reports
In the first reports, the weapon was described as a Kalashnikov and the grenade as a flash-bang, according to Ziare.com. Later checks on the airsoft equipment established that both items were airsoft replicas used in airsoft games. Ziare.com also reported that the officers reacted quickly, which helped prevent the situation from escalating.
Motive and open questions
Stirile ProTV reported that the act appears to have followed problems within the man's family, a detail that comes from media reporting rather than from the police statements. Libertatea reported that the prosecutor handling the case is looking into the man's mental state, his motive and the exact circumstances of the incident. Police have not publicly confirmed a cause, and the investigation is still open.
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Sources and context
- Stirile ProTVSerious incident at the Alba Iulia police headquarters. A man with an airsoft rifle and grenade asked to be ... shotIncident grav la sediul poliției din Alba Iulia. Un bărbat cu o pușcă și o grenadă de tip airsoft a cerut să fie ... împușcat - Știrile ProTV · original in Romanian
- HotNews.roA man entered the Alba Iulia Police with a weapon and a grenade and asked a police officer to shoot him. SAS fighters intervenedUn bărbat a intrat în Poliția Alba Iulia cu o armă și o grenadă și i-a cerut unui polițist să îl împuște. Au intervenit luptătorii SAS - HotNews.ro · original in Romanian
- LibertateaA man armed with an airsoft rifle and grenade threatened an Alba police officer and asked him to shoot himUn bărbat înarmat cu o pușcă și o grenadă de airsoft a amenințat un polițist din Alba și i-a cerut să-l împuște · original in Romanian
- Ziare.comPanic at IPJ Alba Iulia. A man armed with a rifle and a grenade entered the duty officer's area. What he asked surprised even the policemanPanică la IPJ Alba Iulia. Un bărbat înarmat cu o pușcă și o grenadă a intrat peste ofițerul de serviciu. Ce a cerut l-a surprins și pe polițist · original in Romanian
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