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Next apartment corroded with nitric acid

Crime scene Göllnergasse: adhesive threads on the doors, one successful and two attempted break-ins.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Gerhard Bartel, Bundeskriminalamt)

Hardly a day goes by without new break-ins involving toxic and corrosive nitric acid being reported in Vienna. During the holidays, apartments in Landstraße, Favoriten and Leopoldstadt were corroded, and in the past few days a house in Landstraße was hit again. 

Now fear is also spreading in Göllnergasse in Erdberg. It must have been at the beginning of January that a previously unknown gang marked all the doors in the stairwell of a building from the 1960s or 1970s with wafer-thin threads of adhesive without anyone noticing. The aim: to observe which apartments are currently empty.

Just a few days ago, a break-in was reported in Neilreichgasse.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Zwefo, LPD Wien)

Nitric acid dangerous for everyone involved
A short time later, specifically between January 4 and 6, the burglars returned. They sprayed poisonous and corrosive nitric acid into the door lock of an abandoned apartment. After the lock had dissolved, the gang was able to search the premises for gold and cash without a care in the world. There were traces of an attempted break-in in two other apartments. However, the criminals also ran the risk of residents or emergency services being injured by the acid. 

Are Georgians behind the break-ins again? 
A scam that has been keeping Vienna - and the third district in particular - on tenterhooks since 2022. There are now 95 apartments that have fallen victim to the burglars. And the series continues.

As reported, apartments in Landstraße, Favoriten and Leopoldstadt were broken into during the holidays. As in 2022 and 2023, Georgians are suspected to be the perpetrators. If you also find adhesive threads on your door or a liquid on your door lock, contact the police immediately!