Brutal Folding Knife Attack in Vienna-Favoriten: 18-Year-Old Injured

According to police spokeswoman Anna Gutt, a 17-year-old stabbed him in the back, but the young man was not critically injured. The police were alerted to the crime scene, Wielandpark, around 7:15 PM. The trigger was that the 17-year-old Syrian citizen and two accomplices had harassed the girlfriend of his 18-year-old compatriot.

Victim in Vienna-Favoriten was threatened with death

The initially verbal confrontation quickly escalated until the 17-year-old drew the folding knife. Before the perpetrators fled, they threatened to kill the victim if he dared to call the police. Nevertheless, the officers arrived: From the interrogations of the young man and his girlfriend, it quickly became clear that the 17-year-old was not exactly unknown to the officers of the Keplerplatz station. The teenager was also identified in photos by the victims. Ultimately, the boy was arrested in the vicinity of the crime scene, which is within the Favoriten weapons prohibition zone. Folding knives are also prohibited in the area, as Gutt confirmed.

(APA/Red)

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