New Details on Hate Crime in Salzburg: Kicked in the Head, Shaved Head, Multiple Bone Fractures

Both attacks are believed to have occurred in October 2024. In Pongau, a man was lured into a park where he was promised a meeting with a young woman. There, he was reportedly struck from behind and attacked with pepper spray. According to "Salzburger Nachrichten" (SN), the perpetrators then shaved his head, one beat the victim with a baseball bat, and another kicked him in the head with his boots. According to the report, the man suffered several broken bones.

Beating Instead of Sex Meeting with 16-Year-Old in Parking Lot

In the second case in Pinzgau, a man had met an allegedly 16-year-old girl through a dating platform and then arranged a sex meeting in a parking lot. A young woman reportedly did show up there, but immediately afterward, several masked perpetrators appeared, who allegedly knocked the man down, sprayed him with pepper spray, and kicked him. This victim was also seriously injured.

Last Friday, on behalf of the Graz public prosecutor's office, a total of 26 house searches were conducted in seven federal states - all except Carinthia and Vorarlberg - and in Slovakia. 18 people were arrested, and 13 of them were remanded in custody. According to SN, four of the suspects in custody come from Salzburg (three men and one woman). They are said to have been involved in the two attacks in Pinzgau and Pongau.

(APA/Red.)

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