Praterstern robbery

Robbery victim recognized perpetrator duo in Vienna

A 22-year-old man who was robbed at Praterstern in June has now recognized the two perpetrators in Vienna's city centre. The police arrested the two men, aged 25 and 26, but they have not yet been questioned.

The two Syrians are said to have robbed the 22-year-old in Vienna-Leopoldstadt on the night of June 24 and seriously injured him with a knife. The victim was subsequently found near Praterstern with a wound to his back. The two men fled, he said at the time. Now the perpetrators may have been arrested. The Viennese saw the two in Rotenturmstraße at 10.15 p.m. on Friday and called the police.

Youths demanded money
A robbery also took place in Rotenturmstraße a few hours later. Two 21-year-olds approached the police and said they had just been attacked by two youths. They are said to have first asked for cigarettes and then demanded that they hand over their wallets. When the two men refused, they were attacked with a wooden pole.

A 21-year-old was slightly injured, but refused emergency medical assistance, according to the police. The suspects are a 15-year-old Austrian and a 17-year-old Serbian. They were stopped near the scene of the crime and provisionally arrested. The wooden pole was seized. Both young people refused to make a statement and were released.