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Suspicion of 18 Arsons in Four Vienna Districts

Officers of the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, Arson Investigation Unit, were able to identify three suspects who are suspected of having committed several arsons in Vienna in November.

The three women are alleged to be responsible for several fires in the Vienna districts of Wieden, Margareten, Ottakring, and Hernals. Following an arrest warrant issued by the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, two of the accused, an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old (citizenship: Austria), were arrested a few days ago in Vienna Hernals.

Suspects in Vienna confessed

The third suspect, an 18-year-old (citizenship: Austria), voluntarily went to a police station on the same day. The three confessed during their interrogations. The criminal investigators managed to solve 18 cases of arson with damage amounting to six figures. Further investigations are ongoing. By order of the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, the women were taken to a correctional facility.

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