Hesse: Neighbor threatened with an ax

Frankfurt / Main (dpa / lhe) - A 40-year-old man threatened his neighbor with an ax in Frankfurt. He was arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital, police said on Monday. The man rang the bell at his neighbor's in an apartment building on Sunday morning. After he opened the door, the 40-year-old immediately started to hit with the axe. The neighbor quickly closed the apartment door so that he was not injured. The attacker hit the door and damaged it with the blow. Out of fear, the neighbor only left the apartment in the early evening to file a complaint. The police arrested the man at his home. He was heavily intoxicated. A motive for the crime is not known.