Brutal Knife Attack on Employee of Vienna Law Firm: Man Arrested

After the brutal knife attack on an employee of a Vienna law firm on Landstraßer Hauptstraße on Monday afternoon, the police managed to arrest the 53-year-old suspect in the evening, the executive reported early Tuesday. The victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Meanwhile, the 56-year-old was in a stable condition, police spokesman David Pawlik told the APA.

Vienna Police Urged Public to Be Cautious

The altercation and the attack had already occurred in the entrance area of the firm around 3.15 pm. The 53-year-old is said to have punched the employee - who is not a lawyer herself - in the courtyard, followed her into the stairwell and stabbed the 56-year-old several times there. The content of the dispute is still unknown to the police.

Despite severe injuries, the victim was able to get to the firm where a colleague alerted the police. The Vienna professional rescue team provided emergency medical care for the woman and took her to a hospital.

The search for the suspect, who was a client of the law firm, began immediately after the bloody act. The police published pictures of the man and urged the public to be cautious.

Later that same evening, at 9.13 pm, the 53-year-old was spotted as he approached his residential address in Vienna-Landstraße. The standby unit arrested the suspect without resistance. "He will be questioned during the course of the day," said Pawlik.

(APA/Red)

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