A prisoner awaiting deportation attacked and seriously injured a policewoman with punches and kicks while serving food at the Roßauer Lände police detention centre in the Vienna district of Alsergrund on Wednesday. In the process, the 28-year-old Afghan insulted the officer with misogynistic statements. The seriously injured woman has since undergone surgery on her hand.
Even when other police officers came to help, the Afghan defended himself with massive violence. In the end, however, the man was overpowered. The policewoman was seriously injured by the attack on her neck and especially on her hand and had to be admitted to hospital.
Now Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ( Austrian People’s Party) has also spoken out about the incident and revived the discussion about deportations to Afghanistan: “I wish the injured policewoman a speedy recovery! It is unacceptable when people come to us to seek our protection but neither abide by our laws nor accept our values. Incidents like this show why there must be no deportation stop to Afghanistan,” said Kurz.