Viennese summit of violence: drivers attacked with a knife!
Viennese summit of violence: drivers attacked with a knife!
on Tuesday evening, May 28, 2025, a violent incident occurred at the Währinger belt in the Alsergrund district of Vienna around 8:30 p.m. A 34-year-old rams the car of a 55-year-old man and then attacks with a butter-fly knife. The incident began when the 55-year-old is said to have "cut" the 34-year-old several times, which led to the brutal escalation. The attacker scratches the bonnet of the vehicle and finally sticks onto the windshield, while the victim notifies the emergency call.
When the 55-year-old vehicle comes to a standstill, Viennese police officers quickly arrive at the site. These ask the 34-year-old to drop the knife with drawn service weapons. The Syrian citizen complies with the request and is overwhelmed and arrested by the officials. The knife is ensured. In his interrogation, the 34-year-old is partially attending and states that he had acted out of anger. A temporary ban on weapons was given against him, and it is still in police custody.
connection with previous incidents
The police continue to look for other witnesses, in particular to collect more information about the woman described, which is about 20 to 30 years old and is approximately 1.70 meters tall. At the time of the crime she was dressed with a light jacket and dark pants. Equalical information can be submitted anonymously at the Vienna State Criminal Police Office.
crisis of violence and crime statistics
These incidents also skill lightly on the current violent crime in Vienna. Police crime statistics (PKS) capture the developments of the criminal event and offers a basis for the strategic planning of crime police measures. All displayed cases have been registered electronically since 2001, but the dark field and the outcome of the legal proceedings are not recorded. The PKS not only serves the reactive, but also the preventive control of crime. Influencing factors on the numbers are the display behavior of the population and the intensity of the police controls.
In view of these developments, it is of great importance that the authorities, politics and society work together on strategies to improve the violence in Vienna. Annual security reports are created to provide detailed information about the PKS and criminal police developments published by ministerial bodies.Further information on the incidents and crime in Austria can be found under the reports of vienna.at meinbezirk.at and bundeskriminalamt.at .
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| Ort | Währinger Gürtel, 1090 Wien, Österreich |
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