VIENNA (AFP) - An Austrian man chased off policemen who had come to arrest him with two cobras, before being bitten himself by one of his venomous snakes, police in the southern city of Leoben said.






The mentally unstable unemployed man of 40, who owned more than 50 venomous snakes, had holed himself up after threatening to kill himself by allowing the serpents to bite him.


"When we broke down his door, accompanied by a doctor and a snake handler, he chased us down the stairwell brandishing two venomous cobras," said one policeman, Franz Moisi.


The man was bitten by one of the cobras after retreating police shot him in the leg to stop his advance. He is now in hospital in a critical state.


"We were in danger of death," Moisi told AFP. "Pepper spray had no effect on either the man or the cobras."
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Moe does not understand why they bothered with pepper spray when he was holled up with venomous snakes.

good point moe.

Lol! well after chasing the cops, he got what he deserved, but shooting him and using pepperspray, seems to going a bit over the top if u ask me!