Knife attack in Ottakring: Perpetrator with machete on 24-year-olds!

Knife attack in Ottakring: Perpetrator with machete on 24-year-olds!

In an incident in Vienna-Ottakring, a 24-year-old man was injured in a knife attack yesterday. The attack occurred when the victim was sitting on a bench with a friend and, according to the injured of the perpetrators, first spoke to him and asked the question: "What do you look?" The aggressor then pulled out a knife and stabbed the 24-year-old. According to the reports of Kleine Zeitung suffered a rather lighter blessing.

The perpetrator who wore a machete in the waistband was not known to the injured. Witnesses confirmed the victim's descriptions, and a passerby could even take a good photo of the suspect with his cell phone. After the crime, the police started an immediate search, which initially went without results. The attacker's motif remained unclear, but there are no indications of a political motive. The investigation was taken over by the west of the State Criminal Police Office, and the officials are confident that they will soon find the attacker.

increase in knife attacks in Germany

This incident blends into a larger context. According to the police crime statistics 2024, published on the website of Federal Criminal Office , 29,014 knife attacks were registered in Germany in 2024. This represents a worrying trend, especially since 54.3 % of these attacks took place in violent crime. The overall violent crime rose by 1.5 % to 217,277 cases, which has been the highest level since 2007.

The increase in violent crime and knife attacks in Germany is also associated with an increase in suspects of children and adolescents. Especially in the case of non -German suspects, the number rose by 7.5 % to 85.012. This is strong in contrast to the development of crime society as a whole, which decreased by 1.7 %, which is mainly attributed to cannabis partialization.

When considering such incidents and statistical developments, it is becoming increasingly clear that prevention and education in society are essential in order to reduce increasing violence and to ensure the security of citizens.