Stabber from Yppenplatz Caught in Vienna Hospital

During the altercation on Saturday, a 26-year-old was seriously injured. According to the Vienna State Police Directorate, the criminal investigators from the Wattgasse police station identified a 32-year-old as a suspect. The Syrian citizen is said to have a relationship of acquaintance 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 weapon prohibition zone in the area came into effect - after a brawl had occurred. Shortly before 10:00 PM, police officers found the 26-year-old lying on the ground in Brunnengasse with multiple cuts on his arms and head. The suspect and several others involved 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

According to the investigations, the 32-year-old also sought hospital treatment for cuts after the altercation. 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 by order of the public prosecutor's office. The victim's statements have not been very enlightening so far: It seems certain only that they knew each other. Presumably, one might have said something unpleasant about the other. But even this assumption seems very speculative.

(APA/Red)

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