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Spectator suspected of pulling Krampus performer by horns

Saturday 14th November 2026 on 10:15 in Austria

Carinthia, Krampus, police

A 62-year-old spectator is suspected of pulling a costumed performer by the horns during a Perchten run in Ebenthal on Friday evening, injuring him, ORF Kärnten reported. Ebenthal is in the district of Klagenfurt-Land.

The 33-year-old man from Klagenfurt was taken to a hospital in the city by other members of his Perchten group, police said in a statement on Saturday.

Details of how the incident happened were not yet known.

Source 
(via ORF)