Doctor threatened with prosecution

Four-year-old killed: The chronicle of a horrific crime

Mortician collecting the dead child on the morning of November 17th(Bild: Martin A. Jöchl)

Last November, a young kindergarten assistant stabbed her four-year-old son to death in Vienna. In a delusional state as a result of her severe schizophrenia - as has now been established. A hospital doctor who had previously treated the woman incorrectly is now facing legal proceedings.

The scenes that took place in a 60-square-metre apartment in Vienna-Favoriten on the morning of 17 November 2024 were horrific. Selina G. (name changed) stood in front of her son Amir's (name changed) bed with a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the neck.

Murat (name changed), the little boy's father, woke up to "terrible gurgling noises", as he would later report to the police. He tore his wife away from the four-year-old, carried him from the bedroom to the living room and tried to stop his bleeding wounds with his bare hands. In vain ...