DNA Samples Prove: Men Assaulted 17-Year-Old in Vienna Apartment

A 17-year-old was found unconscious on June 15 in an apartment on Geiselbergstraße in Vienna-Simmering. Emergency services and police successfully resuscitated the teenager and took her to a hospital, where she remained in a coma for several days.

Due to injuries on the woman's body, the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, South Branch, took over the investigation. A sexual offense could not be ruled out at that time. According to the police, there was significant intoxication from drugs. The circumstances of the incident are still the subject of police investigations.

DNA traces led to arrests

At the time of the operation, four men aged between 21 and 35 were in the apartment. All four are from Syria and were questioned. The men initially denied any sexual contact with the 17-year-old. They claimed to have met the young woman on the street in Simmering and merely offered her a place to sleep.

Since the 17-year-old cannot remember anything, no statements about the act were initially possible. However, during the investigation, DNA traces were secured. These led to the order of arrests by the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office after initial examination results. In recent days, all four men were arrested and transferred to a correctional facility.

Suspicion of sexual abuse

According to the police, the quartet is suspected of sexually abusing a defenseless or mentally impaired person. One of the men, a 33-year-old, had to admit to sexual contact after the DNA match, but he claimed that there was consensual intercourse with the teenager. The other three suspects did not comment.

It was initially unclear whether the young woman was administered the drugs and medications or if she took them herself.

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