Bloody evening in Vienna: Chechen and Syrian convicted of knife attack!

Bloody evening in Vienna: Chechen and Syrian convicted of knife attack!

In a dramatic legal case, two men were condemned in Vienna for various brutal knife attacks. A 22-year-old Chechen received a prison sentence of four and a half years after attacking two Syrians aged 18 and 21 at Reumannplatz on March 1, 2024. Although he was guilty, his defender emphasized that his client only wanted to "make the men unable to fight" and did not intend to kill them. The court found that the man had to be held responsible for attempted double murder, and the judgment is legally binding, as Exxpress.at reported.

brutal machete attack with severe episodes

In addition, a 26-year-old Syrian was sentenced to two years in prison for serious bodily harm, which was presumably committed with a machete. The incident occurred during a night meeting at Schwedenplatz, where the two men got into a violent excess due to a dispute that relaxed for drugs. The victim was granted a pain and suffering of 10,000 euros, while the court also confirmed the prison sentence.

In another case that shook the public, a man was convicted of nine and a half years in prison in Stuttgart after trying to kill several people with a knife during the Public Viewing during the EM 2024. The perpetrator, at the age of 26, had attacked six people in the attacking night and seriously injured three of them, including a 19-year-old German and two Turkish citizens aged 38 and 60. The judge underlined that the perpetrator's motif may have resulted from hatred of Turkey. He had targeted people in Turkish jerseys, which made the attacks also terrifying. swr.de told that the fact was aware of what he did, and the court considered him guilty.