Attack on LGBTIQ celebration: alarming feeling of security in Vienna!

Attack on LGBTIQ celebration: alarming feeling of security in Vienna!

Wien, Österreich - Last weekend there was a brutal attack on Bilel O. in Vienna, who celebrated on his 30th birthday in a club called "Why not". The young German describes the club as a "Safe Space" for the LGBTIQ scene, but the scary of this incident is that the attack was carried out by two men for no apparent reason. This act has severely affected the guest feeling of security, and Bilel O. has been living in Vienna for several years.

The attack on Bilel O. is not the only worrying incident in Austria. Like Team.com reports, there is a nationwide right-wing extremist network that terrorized and humiliated and humiliates other LGBTIQ people. 15 people were arrested in a large -scale campaign, including 11 Austrians and several foreigners from Germany, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia. These raids, in which 400 civil servants were involved, took place in seven federal states and also included house searches in Vienna.

hate crime on the advance

The police refer to these acts as "most serious crimes" in the field of hate crime, which are based on sexual orientation. Victims were not only physically attacked, but also threatened with murder. The perpetrators used fake accounts on social media to meet their victims. In a current case, 17 gay men were severely abused by a homophobic network, and Helmut Graupner, President of the Lambda legal committee, spoke of a "completely new dimension" of violence. Videos of these acts were even uploaded to private chat groups, which indicates the high level of brutality.

political echo and demands for changes

The political reactions to these incidents are clear. Mario Lindner, LGBTIQ spokesman for the SPÖ, showed compassion with the people affected and asked for the display of incidents. David Stögmüller from the Greens turned against vigilante justice and warned of the increasing threat to queer people in Austria. In addition, both Lindner and Agnes Prammer from the Greens expressed the need to treat hate crimes as organized crimes in order to counteract these developments.

The Hosi Vienna has also expressed horror about the incidents and calls for a national action plan against hate crime. Ann-Sophie Otte von Hosi emphasizes that hate and violence are part of the reality of life for LGBTIQ people and calls for more educational work, prevention measures and more victim protection.

These worrying developments show that the LGBTIQ community in Austria needs urgent protection and support to move in a society that is often shaped by intolerance.