Bloody knife attack in Lehener Park: Ten years in prison for Syrians!

Bloody knife attack in Lehener Park: Ten years in prison for Syrians!

A shocking incident occurred in Lehener Park in Salzburg in which a 19-year-old Syrian attempted to kill another Syrian member of his community with a knife. In this attack, which took place about a year ago, the 26-year-old victim suffered three stabs in the back but barely survived. The main defendant has now been sentenced to ten years in prison because his claim that he acted in self-defense was not credible exxpress.at reported. Two other Syrian co-defendants received lighter sentences of three years and twelve months probation respectively, highlighting the tensions within the Syrian community in Austria.

Escape from terror and uncertainty

At the same time, it was announced that another Syrian, who was charged in Graz for his former membership in the Al-Nusra Front, a notorious Islamist terrorist organization, had gone into hiding. The 49-year-old is said to have acted as a fundamentalist preacher in Graz and also took on the role of a Sharia judge. According to reports from the “Krone”, he has fled to Syria with his family, where he plans to run a pharmacy. This raises questions about the safety and return opportunities for refugees who come from a conflict area and live in Europe.

While tensions related to Syrians abroad are increasing, the situation of the Syrian population is also being discussed in Germany. Around 972,460 people with a Syrian passport live there, most of them are male and younger than the average of the German population. Many Syrians have integrated well, a good number are employed, while some are waiting for residence permits. CDU politician Jens Spahn has proposed a return travel bonus to encourage returns to Syria, which is becoming an issue as some Syrians in Germany express a desire to return to their homeland while others warn of further violence and insecurity, such as n-tv.de reported.