Brutal parking lot attack in Hörbranz: 22-year-olds injured and robbed!

Brutal parking lot attack in Hörbranz: 22-year-olds injured and robbed!

In the early dusk of April 16, 2025, a brutal attack occurred in a parking space between the tennis court and the football club home on Sandriesel sports field in Hörbranz. A 22-year-old man was beaten up by four unknown people. According to 5min.at this happened between 5:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The attackers first demanded the publication of the vehicle key before they started their victim physically and injured it with strokes and kicks.

The victim suffered facial injuries of an indefinite degree. The perpetrators, described as young men, mostly wore dark clothes and were able to flee in different directions after the act. The police have asked for information from the population and can be reached on the phone number +43 59 133 8128 to accept possible information about the crime or the perpetrators.

Investigations and security situation

The Federal Criminal Police Office offers a comprehensive overview of the criminal events in Austria as part of the police crime statistics (PKS). These statistics have recorded the development of crimes since 2001, whereby the cases displayed are documented every year. The PKS not only supports the preventive, but also the repressive fight against crime and is regularly adapted to social developments and legal changes, such as bundeskriminalamt reports.

The police crime statistics, however, only records the cases that the police were displayed and transmitted to the court. The dark field of crime, i.e. not displayed incidents, is not taken into account. A high influence factor on the numbers is the display behavior of the population, which can fluctuate depending on the situation and security situation.

The incidents such as the attack in Hörbranz raise questions about security in public space again and underline the importance of preventive measures. The incident and the ongoing investigation could also have an impact on future crime policy in the Region.