Balkan mafia suspected

Torture murder: penis, ears, nose, fingers severed

The murdered man lived behind this metal door.(Bild: Martina Münzer)

Following the horrific discovery of a dismembered male body in a residential building in Vienna-Ottakring, further terrifying details have now emerged. Apparently, several of the victim's limbs were severed while he was fully conscious.

The horribly mangled body was reportedly found with stab wounds to the upper body in a camouflaged drug bunker in Vienna's Ottakring district. The dead man has not yet been identified. Even for hard-boiled investigators, the torture murder is one of the most gruesome criminal cases of recent years.

First hot lead
In addition to his ears, nose and individual fingers, the man's penis was also cut off, probably while he was still alive. The first clues lead to Serbia and the Balkan mafia, which is notorious for punishing traitors in this way. Clans from the former Yugoslavia have often made headlines in Germany. Such as a gang war between two hostile drug groups that was fought in the heart of the city.

The house where the torture murder took place.(Bild: Martina Münzer)

Five years ago, a contract killer shot a mafioso in the head in the arcade entrance of a carvery that was also popular with tourists.