16-year-olds attracts nine-year-old boys to the bushes and abuses them!

16-year-olds attracts nine-year-old boys to the bushes and abuses them!

Wien-Donaustadt, Österreich - The Vienna public prosecutor is currently busy with a difficult case of sexual abuse. A 16-year-old is accused of having passed to two nine-year-old boys. The incidents are said to have occurred on June 24th and 25th, 2024 in a park in Vienna-Donaustadt. The adolescent is accused of lured the two children into a bush and threatened them with the performance of limbs. The victims' fear of running away led to they endured the attacks. Another possible victim was also identified with which young people are said to have had sexual intercourse.

The negotiation is scheduled for May 5 at the regional court, whereby the public is largely excluded for victim protection reasons. In addition, a photograph and film ban was imposed for the negotiation. In this context, the presumption of innocence applies until all evidence is evaluated in a legal proceedings. Such criminal proceedings also raise serious questions about the safety of children.

background to sexual abuse of children

The case has once again focused on the topic of sexual abuse of children. In Germany, precise information on the frequency of this crime is considered difficult due to inadequate data. According to the police crime statistics (PKS), there were a total of 15,520 reported cases of sexual child abuse in 2022. This number shows an increase compared to previous years and raises the question of how many acts actually remain unmistakable. The PKS only records cases that are indicated by the police and are pursued by a criminal law, which leads to a significant dark field in which many acts are not documented.

The increase in cases of abuse representations and youth pornography on the Internet is particularly alarming. These rose from 21,868 in 2020 to 48,821 in 2022. There is an urgent need for extensive scientific research in order to maintain reliable estimates on the frequency of sexual violence on children and adolescents. The beginning of national prevalence research has so far been pending and shows the urgent need for actions against such offenses.

The case in Vienna not only illustrates the individual tragedy of the children concerned, but also the social challenges in combating the sexual abuse of children. The topics of victim protection and prevention urgently need to be continuously brought into focus to ensure that such crimes are not only pursued by criminal law, but are also reduced in their frequency.

Further information on the current developments in this case can be found on as well as on wien.orf.at . The devastating statistics on the sexual abuse of children in Germany can be found via the page