Police Launch Major Raid in Seven Federal States: Several Arrests
The house searches were conducted in seven federal states. The at least 17 victims are homosexuals who were accused of pedophilia by the suspects. As a result, the perpetrators robbed, injured, and humiliated them. In one case, there is even an attempted murder under investigation. Weapons and Nazi memorabilia were found during the house searches.
Extensive Police Operation in Several Federal States in Austria
Around 400 police officers and detectives, special forces from the Cobra task force and the Wega were involved in the operation on behalf of the Graz public prosecutor's office early Friday morning throughout Austria, except for Carinthia and Vorarlberg, as well as in neighboring Slovakia.
Twelve men and three women were arrested. Since May 2024, they are said to have created fake accounts on social networks and lured homosexuals to meetings in remote locations. There, the victims were met by four to eight masked individuals and subjected to abuse and humiliation. The perpetrators also filmed the assaults and subsequently uploaded them to internal groups on the internet, explained Michael Lohnegger, head of the State Criminal Police Office of Styria, during a press statement on Friday morning while the raid was still ongoing.
(APA/Red)
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