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Really hope they find the caller and bring him to court. I mean both streamer and police are the victims here.
At least it hasn't been a actual SEK unit (SWAT in Germany) they look more like normal patrol officers. But nevertheless it's unacceptable.
Narrator voice: they didn't
Germany does try and track these people down and throws them in jail: https://www.vice.com/de/article/erstes-deutsches-swatting-hohe-freiheitsstrafe-fuer-drachenlord-hater/
Swatting in Europe isn't really virulent as police agencies have safeguards against false calls. There was a case of high-profile swatting in the UK, cops softly banged the door and didn't brandish the guns so fast unlike in America.