Outrage As Cops Arrest Man During His Wedding In Order To Deport Him

Police in Austria have come under fire for arresting a Kurdish man aged 27 during his wedding to an Austrian aged 40 in order to deport him.

Blonde Gundula B., 40, had to be treated in hospital for shock after officials ruined her plan to marry Hamza, who is reportedly Kurdish.

He was arrested during the ceremony at Vosendorf Castle on the outskirts of the Austrian capital, Vienna, leaving the bride-to-be in tears and in need of medical treatment.

Local media have reported that Austrian immigration police believe that the marriage was a ploy so that Hamza could obtain residency status in Austria after his asylum request was denied 10 days ago.

Gundula, a German-born academic, has lived in Vienna for 17 years, and together with her lawyer Gregor Klemm. She wants to get her fiance released from custody as quickly as possible to avoid him being deported.

They have already filed a motion, with the 40-year-old woman saying in her complaint that “the official action of the immigration police was not proportionate.”

It also alleges that her rights and the basic principles of decency had been violated.

By being arrested at the wedding, a “unique life event was devalued” and “trampled on”. It alleges, according to local media.

Lawyer Klemm says that the authorities were heavy-handed and acted unlawfully.

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He said that a decision by the administrative court in 2018 deemed the practice unlawful.

He said: “This practice was common 20 years ago, but was then declared unlawful by the highest courts and has not been carried out since then.”

The bride was in such shock after the arrest that she had to be treated in hospital, according to reports.

She reportedly told the officers arresting her groom: “I have the right to get married.”

She said: “The wedding had already started and had been going on for five minutes. Everything happened during our recorded wedding song that we wanted.”

The immigration police crashed the celebratory moment of the marriage during the song “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran, according to local media.

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Gundula said: “An official even laughed.”

Hamza has been living in Austria since 2022 and received a negative asylum decision 10 days before the wedding, which had reportedly been planned for a long time.

Gundula said through tears: “He’s such a sweet, sensitive man. This is all terrible.”

The couple reportedly met and fell in love a year and a half ago at their place of work, a bar owned by the groom’s uncle.

The Austrian authorities have so far not commented on the matter, and local media said that Hamza could be deiported within days.