A 39-year-old man caused chaos at a Vienna swimming pool on Sunday by entering without paying and attacking staff.

The incident occurred at the Hadersdorf-Weidlingauer pool in Penzing, where the man, reportedly intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of 1.1 promille, broke an employee's arm during a scuffle.

An off-duty policewoman intervened and managed to detain the man until uniformed officers arrived, despite being injured herself.

The man was arrested but later released pending charges for resisting law enforcement.

The injured pool employee was taken to the hospital with a suspected broken arm.