Attack in Favoriten

Dispute over clothing as trigger for stabbing

The 17-year-old attacked the 18-year-old Iraqi with a kitchen knife.(Bild: krone.at-Leserreporter, Krone KREATIV)

After an 18-year-old was brutally stabbed by a 17-year-old in Vienna-Favoriten last Sunday, the police have now published more details about the crime. According to them, a dispute over unreturned clothes is said to have been the trigger for the life-threatening knife attack.

This was the reason given by the victim when he was first questioned in hospital. The 17-year-old suspect has so far refused to make any statement about the background to the incident. According to the Vienna police, further witnesses are still being questioned.

Stabbed with a kitchen knife
The victim (18) from Iraq was stabbed by the 17-year-old in Van-der-Nüll-Gasse at 11.10 p.m. on Saturday with a 30-centimeter-long kitchen knife and was found bleeding in the middle of the street by officers. The Afghan-born man tried to flee but was arrested not far from the scene of the crime.

Police officer saves victim's life
The victim benefited from the fact that one of the police officers was trained as an emergency paramedic. The officer applied a chest seal - a special bandage to prevent pneumothorax - directly to the wound of the 18-year-old, who had probably suffered a punctured lung, which prevented air and fluids from escaping from the wound area and stabilized the pressure in his chest. The 18-year-old was subsequently taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.