Vienna in fear: Messer attack chest out of red light restaurant!

Vienna in fear: Messer attack chest out of red light restaurant!

Wien-Rudolfsheim, Österreich - In Vienna, violent incidents with knives occur more and more. A terrifying incident occurred on July 6, 2025, when a 43-year-old alcoholic man who had previously been referred to a red light restaurant threatened a 30-year-old employee with a knife. The incident took place in Rödlufsheim and led to a great commitment from the police, which finally arrested the attacker. According to vienna.at, the escalation began when the man struck the restaurant after a verbal harassment.

After the employee left the restaurant with her partner, the man approached the couple. He threatened her with the knife and damaged her car. The couple fled to a nearby petrol station, where the attacker pulled the knife again and insulted them. Witnesses intervened, disarmed the man and recorded him until the police arrived. Fortunately, there were no injuries and the man was transferred to a prison while his driver's license was withdrawn.

increasing knife attacks in Vienna

The incidents in Vienna are in the context of an alarming increase in knife attacks in the city. According to Zukunft.ch, the number of advertisements in Vienna rose by 17 percent last year, so that a total of 959 violent crimes were reported with stab weapons in 2022. This means that an average of almost three times a day has incidents with knives.

The increasing number of knife attacks is attributed to various causes. Experts attribute this to both mental problems and political beliefs. In the past few weeks, the frequency of the attacks, including by incidents, has been involved in Syrian suspects. Particularly shocking was a murder of a young Algerian and another attack in which a 15-year-old Syrian stabbed a young man after a dispute.

Difficulties in dealing with violent crime

The police are increasingly difficult to act against violent incidents. Knife is available in every household and are therefore difficult to control. This problem is reinforced by one of the most liberal weapons laws in Europe. Since 2019, a general ban on knife only applies to asylum seekers, entitled to asylum and illegally in Austria. This legal regulation shows the challenges in front of which the authorities face to ensure security in public space.

The incidents and discussions about the knife attacks in Vienna not only alerted the local population, but also sharpened the security awareness nationwide. While the investigation and debates continue, the hope that such attacks will soon be a thing of the past.

Another acute case of knife was recently occurred in Meidling, in which a 22-year-old was seriously injured by several knife stings. This illustrates the urgency of efforts for more security in the city, since the search for the fleeting suspects has so far been unsuccessful, as Krone reported. The topic of knife attacks remains a central event in the Vienna crime debate.