Suspect in custody

Horrific attack on senior citizen shortly after applying for asylum

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Fear of death in a retirement home! After the horror attack on a 92-year-old woman in her room, a 23-year-old Algerian has now been identified as the wanted phantom. He had robbed and raped the victim just a few days after she had applied for asylum ...

The "Haus des Lebens" (House of Life) in the fourth district of Wieden, which belongs to the Kuratorium Wiener-Pensionisten-Wohnhäuser, became the scene of a brutal crime even for hardened criminologists at the beginning of October, as reported. A 92-year-old woman was sexually abused in her room in broad daylight. After the rape, the perpetrator stole her jewelry, ripped out the telephone cable - and locked the victim up!

Victim only freed after call from son
The injured pensioner was only freed after a call from her worried son, who was unable to reach his mother.

The home in Vienna-Wieden(Bild: Zwefo)

DNA match led to Algerian
Now, four weeks after the horrific crime, investigators from the State Office of Criminal Investigation have been able to track down an urgent suspect thanks to a DNA match. However, they did not have to arrest the 23-year-old: he was already behind bars in Linz for several car break-ins!

During the interrogation, the North African claimed to be intoxicated on pills. He didn't know much more. Incidentally, the young man, who had entered the country illegally, had committed the shocking attack just a few days after applying for asylum. He made the application when he was caught shoplifting in Vienna ...

Machete murder made the headlines
The machete murder in a subway station in the Austrian capital by Algerian contract killers who had traveled to the city made headlines across Austria in the spring. A North African dealer (31) known to the police had his arms and legs partially chopped off in the bloody execution on behalf of the drug mafia.