Stabber from Yppenplatz Caught in Vienna Hospital

During the altercation on Saturday, a 26-year-old was seriously injured. Through investigations by the criminal investigators of the Wattgasse police station, they quickly managed to identify the alleged perpetrator. He is a 32-year-old Syrian national known to the authorities, who has an acquaintance relationship with the victim.

Witnesses in Vienna-Ottakring had called the police

Witnesses had called the police late on Saturday evening - just one day after the new weapons prohibition zone in the area came into effect - after a brawl had occurred. Police officers found the 26-year-old lying on the ground in Brunnengasse shortly before 10:00 PM with multiple cuts on his arms and head. The suspect and several participants had fled. The officers discovered the weapon, a 30-centimeter-long knife with bloodstains on the blade, near the crime scene.

The suspect in Vienna has not yet been questioned

The 32-year-old also sought hospital treatment for cuts after the altercation, as investigations revealed. The police arrested him there. The motive for the brawl was still unclear on Monday: The suspect has not yet been questioned, and he is in a detention center on the orders of the public prosecutor's office. The victim's statements have not been very enlightening so far: It only seems certain that they knew each other. Presumably, one might have said something unpleasant about the other. But even this assumption seems very speculative.

The Vienna State Criminal Police Office, West Branch, has taken over further investigations.

(APA/Red)

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