A 18-year-old is in the night of Sunday at a Knife fight in Vienna-Favoriten leaves man critically injured been. How Mattias Schusterthe spokesman for the state police directorate, reported to APA that the victim, who was from Iraq, was stabbed with a 30-centimeter-long kitchen knife by a 17-year-old in Van-der-Nüll-Gasse at 11:10 p.m. He suffered life-threatening injuries in the back and thigh area.
The Afghan-born man then tried to flee, but was arrested not far from the crime scene. The murder weapon and a bag containing presumed cocaine were recovered with the help of the Police service dog unit found and secured.
Cause of dispute unclear
The victim was found lying on the street bleeding heavily. The suspect is said to have stabbed him in the back and thigh during an argument. The reason for the argument is the subject of ongoing investigations.
“The colleagues were on site very quickly,” said Schuster. The victim benefited from the fact that one of the police officers had been trained as a Emergency paramedic The officer stuck a chest seal – a special bandage to prevent pneumothorax – directly onto the wound of the 18-year-old, who may have suffered a punctured lung, among other things, which prevented air and fluids from escaping from the wound area. and caused a stabilization of the pressure in the chest.
Out of danger
The critically injured man was then handed over to the rescue workers, who took him to a hospital. The emergency services were able to ascertain that the danger to his life has now been averted. However, the 18-year-old was not fit to be questioned for the time being.
Crime scene outside the weapons ban zone
The motive that led to the violent act is the subject of investigation. The suspect and the victim are likely to have known each other at least by sight. A random witness to the crime saw the direction in which the suspected perpetrator ran off and reported the escape route to the police. The 17-year-old was arrested a short time later in Dampfgasse. He is due to be questioned as a suspect in the course of Sunday.
The crime scene is outside the weapons ban zone that was imposed in the spring after a series of stabbings in Favoriten in the area of Reumannplatz and Keplerplatz.
The first months in the protection zone
Since 30 March this year, in Favorites one Weapons ban zone: According to police, until June 30, 39 violations of this ban. In the same period, 42 weapons were confiscated – 30 of them were knives. The police do not yet have any evaluated figures for July, according to a KURIER query.
But how effective is the introduced gun ban zone in view of incidents such as Saturday night? “The numerous police measures in the Innerfavoriten area are having an effect,” says Mattias Schuster. However, the protection zone set up in the area of Reumannplatz and Keplerplatz is only one part of a package of measures.
Die criminal acts are noticeable there decreasedThis is also due to measures such as regular patrols, increased foot patrols and targeted priority actions.
In addition, an immediate Shift in crime to other locations not determined“Favoriten is a district that has grown demographically and is comparatively small in area, with a population comparable to that of large state capitals in other federal states,” Schuster continued.
Revocation of protection status initiated
As the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) announced around Sunday afternoon, measures have already been taken to Revocation of protection status of the suspect.
