Court negotiates triple murder in Vienna: Focus on mental illness
Court negotiates triple murder in Vienna: Focus on mental illness
A shocking case causes excitement in Vienna: A 27-year-old man was in court on Monday after having killed three sex workers with a knife on February 23 in an Asiastudio in Vienna-Brigittenau. This tragic crime asked the question of guilt and circumstances. The accused, an Afghan citizen, cannot be held responsible for the acts due to his mental illness.
On the decisive question of guilt, the psychiatric expert Peter Hofmann stated that the man suffers from a severe paranoid schizophrenia. This led to his insanity at the time of the crime. The public prosecutor therefore applied for the admission of the defendant to a forensic-therapeutic center instead of subjecting him to a conventional punishment.
mental disorder and its motives
At his assessment, the 27-year-old reported on a terrifying performance that followed him during his escape from Afghanistan. He said that he had hit a "European witch" in Serbia that had seduced him from his religion. These traumatic experiences seem to have strongly influenced his perception of reality. He was convinced that the sex workers worked with this witch and looked at his deeds as necessary to defend themselves.The accused had bought a knife, which he regarded as a "tool" to kill the women. The statements of the man in the psychiatric assessment indicate that he is strongly shaped by delusions and there is a high risk to the general public.
These events not only throw a shadow on the court system, but also on the social conditions that can favor such tragedies. During the negotiation, it will be important to clarify which resources and support need people with mental illnesses to prevent violent acts. To what extent individual treatment approaches, such as early intervention in the event of mental disorders, could contribute to preventing such crimes, as www.sn.at reports .
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