Process start: 18-year-old confesses double murder of homeless people in Vienna
Process start: 18-year-old confesses double murder of homeless people in Vienna
At the Vienna Regional Court, a spectacular trial against an 18-year-old has started to take double attempts at murder and serious bodily harm. According to the APA reports, the accused is said to have killed two sleeping homeless with a knife in the summer of 2023 and seriously injured a homeless woman and his own mother.
The accused owed guilty on the first day of the trial and admitted with a certain regret. "I did it. I regret it," he said, adding that he had "fell into a kind of frenzy". For him it felt like he had searched for something he had achieved with these actions. Despite the severe allegations, he emphasized that he had not made a targeted selection of the victims.
The psychiatric evaluation and its consequences
A psychiatric report confirmed that the young man was accountable during his actions and is therefore guilty. An expert even described him in the media as a "serial killer". He warned that the defendant spends a great danger, since serial killers often look for a more intensive experience and target new victims in other environments.
The accused had re -enacted homeless in several attacks between July and August 2023. In a particularly worth mentioning incident, he left a 56-year-old man terribly wounded while he bought a drink and then relaxed by looking at YouTube videos in a nearby park. "It was a pent -up rage," he finally admitted. This anger, he said, had grown over time because he had experienced many problems in his youth.
His mother, who was heavily attacked in September 2023, was alsoamong the injuries. The attack led to broken ribs and serious injuries. "It was just pent-up anger because my youth was taken away," the 18-year-old continued. It came out that he had made murder fantasies in advance. In his school days he even thought about walking a killing spree, but was initially able to dismiss this idea as stupid.
childhood and the mental constitution
his defender tried to draw a differentiated picture of the accused. He described him as a "loved one, nice 18-year-old", who in no way could be seen as a "empathetic monster". The problems of the young man began in a difficult childhood in which he was exposed to mentally abuse by his stepmother. Tragically, his younger half -sister was shot and the stepmother then committed suicide. The accused expressed that during this time he was "a man with a punch".
This complex mix of childhood trauma, mental illnesses in the family and the pent -up anger seems to be the basis for his violent actions. The public prosecutor requests that the accused be placed in a forensic-therapeutic center in order to prevent him from the risk of relapse. The court hearing will also be followed by a wide audience in the coming weeks, as it raises numerous questions about mental health and willingness to violate young people.
For more information on this process, See current report www.faz.net .