Austria: After the murder of 13-year-old Leoni, Afghan expert calls for tough action

The mother of little Leonie (13), who was murdered by Afghans, accuses politicians: She does not understand why the main criminal suspect was not deported long ago. The woman is dumbfounded by the unrealistic portrayal of the murder by the Afghans and the media. In an interview, an expert explains why it is so often Afghans who come to the fore with the most brutal crimes. The man, himself a native Afghan, describes why his countrymen often have problems with European women and cannot take our culture seriously. The political scientist calls for tougher action by the state.

Sarajuddin Rasuly is himself a native Afghan. The doctor of political science is an asylum expert, interpreter and Afghan expert for courts and authorities. Already in 2018 he complained, “How do we come to be discredited because of these criminals?” and demanded that criminal asylum seekers be deported. But this has not happened in most cases. On the occasion of the brutal rape-murder of little Leonie (13) from Tulln, Rasuly again took a stand in an interview.

From Afghanistan, the asylum seekers are used to always being separated by gender. Contact between girls and boys is not allowed before marriage. “The schools are separated by gender, the girls have to stay within the family. Then they arrive in Austria and can’t cope with the Western model of equality, the expert describes: “In Austria, the young men see young women running around everywhere and look for contacts.”

But this rarely works because of the language barrier and the behaviour of the young men, says the Afghan expert and political scientist. Often, the Afghans approach young women by offering and selling drugs. This was also the case with little Leonie. Neighbours described that excessive drug parties and visiting young girls in the Afghan’s flat were the order of the day. They would in turn misinterpret and underestimate the men’s behaviour: “Most girls who hang out with the boys or even let themselves be touched assume friendship. They don’t expect to be attacked – or even murdered. “Meanwhile, the 16-year-old Afghan man suspected of murder, who is currently in custody, claims that he had been in a relationship with Leonie for several weeks. Leonie’s mother said: “Leonie did not have a boyfriend. The defence of the 16-year-old Afghan is unrealistic!

At present, a worldwide manhunt is underway for a fourth Afghan. The 23-year-old has already attracted attention for a sexual offence and is suspected of having also committed a sexual offence against little Leonie, or of being involved in her murder. Dr Rasuly, who also works as an Afghan expert and court interpreter, can only confirm what many suspect: Many Afghans already come to Austria as criminals. While in their home country, however, draconian punishments await them even for minor offences, in Austria they are given the feeling that they can get away with anything here.

Rasuly: “You don’t get jailed for months or beaten up by the police because of a small amount of hashish, you can move very freely, even after the first, second, third charge, maybe even get a flat where you can do what you want. Like apparently in the current case.”

The first thing the traffickers advise the asylum seekers is to pretend to be minors. This protects them from trouble with the police. The expert demands that the age of asylum seekers must be checked immediately if they are suspected of being of age. In the past, however, the demand for compulsory wrist screening always led to an outcry from the well-established asylum seeker lobby.

Many are now condemning the parents of little Leonie because they did not immediately report her missing. In this unimaginably difficult time for them, they are now also suffering from the condemnations by the media and politicians. In the course of the press conference on the horrific crime, Vienna’s police chief Pürstl agreed to condemn the nocturnal wandering of the runaway 13-year-old “as a family man” in response to a journalist’s undignified question. As a police officer, however, he made it clear that this was nothing unusual. The parents allowed their “little rebel”, as they called their little girl, a lot of freedom. Unlike in Afghanistan, for example, they brought up little Leonie in a typically Western, anti-authoritarian way. The fact that the mother is now being held responsible for the unbearable death of her little daughter makes her furious: “And even if my child is at the Danube Canal at 2 a.m., that doesn’t give any guy in the world the right to commit a crime against my little girl!”

The Afghan expert does not see the parents to blame. He calls for strict control of asylum seekers by the state and the teaching of our values: “You can’t have a supposedly underage refugee roaming around at night or spending time with 13-year-old girls. Everyone has to know from the beginning: this is taboo.” Moreover, in his view, asylum seekers must be treated differently, depending on their behaviour. But in addition to the lack of social workers, many caregivers are former refugees themselves. They often have little interest in pushing their charges to integrate: “I have the impression that not all of them push their clients to integrate to the extent that the Austrian population expects.”

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