Serious deeds planned

The horrific world of Anna’s tormentors

Anna is severely traumatized after the horrific acts against her and is in constant psychological care. Hundreds of the alleged perpetrators' chats have been reconstructed.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/stock.adobe.com, zVg)

After the mass abuse of a twelve-year-old girl, chats between the accused now seem to prove their immense dangerousness. The boys talked about drug deals on a grand scale, about freeing prisoners, they sent each other pictures of violent crimes - and of their weapons.

Anna (name changed) speaks very little, withdraws into herself - the schoolgirl from Vienna-Favoriten probably just wants to forget. The horrible things she had to endure; the abuse that happened to her, by 17 boys; over and over again, for months on end. Last year, when she was only 12 ...

The girl's case came to light at the beginning of 2024, and her alleged tormentors - aged between 13 and 19, most of them from Arab countries - are still allegedly at large.