Admission after Brutal Knife Attack on Security Employee at Vienna's Floridsdorf Station

A mentally ill person was committed to a forensic-therapeutic center by the Vienna Regional Court on Monday after he stabbed an ÖBB security employee at Floridsdorf station.

Security Brutally Stabbed at Floridsdorf Station

The 45-year-old repeatedly stabbed the five-year-younger man in the face and neck with the blade of a folding knife shortly after midnight on April 2, 2025, because he had been asked to leave the station premises and was not given a cigarette.

At least three stabs went in or through the cheek, one more in the neck, and another in the occipital region. The 40-year-old was severely injured. Because a nerve was severed, "I no longer have any feeling on my tongue," the native Afghan told a jury. Despite this, the man continues to work: "My work is very important to me." He could not explain the attack, he had done nothing to the other man and simply did not smoke: "I didn't even touch him with a finger."

Defendant Not Criminally Responsible According to Expert Report, Claims Self-Defense

The 45-year-old did not have to answer for attempted murder before a jury. According to a psychiatric report, the man acted under the significant influence of a pronounced and untreated paranoid schizophrenia for years and was therefore incapable of responsibility and not criminally responsible at the time of the crime. The prosecutor applied for the man's placement in a forensic-therapeutic center in accordance with § 21 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, "so that something like this never happens again," as she emphasized. The person concerned is "a ticking time bomb if left untreated," she argued.

The 45-year-old showed insight into his illness. He had "read the report" and was "temporarily incapable of responsibility." When asked why he had not had his illness treated, the recently homeless man replied: "I have no health insurance."

He claimed that the security employee had followed him and eventually punched him in the face: "I was attacked and defended myself in self-defense." When asked why the man would have attacked him, the 45-year-old replied: "Maybe he found me unsympathetic."

(APA/Red)

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