Knife stabbing in the night club: 20-year-old arrested!

Knife stabbing in the night club: 20-year-old arrested!

In a dramatic discussion in a discotheque in Röthis, Feldkirch district, an 18-year-old man was seriously injured in early Sunday morning, December 1, 2024. According to 5min.at there was a dispute between the young person and a 20-year-old guest, who then injured the victim with a knife in his upper body. The young man was immediately taken to the Feldkirch State Hospital and had to be operated on; His condition is currently stable.

After the incident, the perpetrator initially managed to escape. But the police quickly took measures: The officials from the Rankweil and Sulz police inspections carried out intensive investigations and were able to identify and arrest the alleged perpetrator on Sunday. During a subsequent house search, the investigators secured the supposed murder weapon. The further investigations are now taken over by the State Criminal Police Office in Vorarlberg, as well as vorarlberg.orf.at . The 20-year-old will be brought to the Feldkirch judge in the Feldkirch public prosecutor's office during the day.

The investigation is in full swing to clarify the exact background and motifs behind this violent act. This brutal knife attack, which took place in the middle of the night in a popular leisure center, raises questions about safety in night clubs. The police have strengthened their presence in the region to avoid similar incidents in the future.