The details are so gruesome that even experienced police officers are shocked by it! Two Upper Austrian women were victims of massive sexual harassment by a group of eight Arabs in the Favoriten district of Vienna. Two suspects have now been identified. One Moroccan (22) was questioned – another (17) is still on the run.
The Moroccan man has already been questioned and did not confess. He was charged with sexual assault and attempted trespassing at large. Another main suspect (17) is still being wanted. Investigations into the rest of the men in the group are also ongoing.
“We were not aware of an incident on this scale before. Accordingly, we are taking the investigation very seriously,” the police said. What is known so far: The two women (18 and 20) travelled from Upper Austria to Vienna to visit a friend. At 7 p.m. they were surrounded and massively harassed by eight men at Keplerplatz square in Favoriten.
For several minutes the women were indecently touched and molested by the men, who they later described to the police as “Arabs”. When the Upper Austrians were finally able to flee, at least two of the perpetrators still did not let go of them. They continued to pursue them to the girlfriend’s house. There, one of the men had waited in the stairwell while the other had tried to force his way into the flat.
The incident shows once again that the influx of so-called refugees often poses a threat to the safety of Viennese women, analysed Freedom Party of Vienna (FPÖ) parliamentary party leader Maximilian Krauss. “I am stunned by the events and assume that the police will investigate the perpetrators as quickly as possible. The logical consequence must be immediate deportation,” he appeals.