Austrian neighbours about Afghan killer of 13-year-old Leonie: “There was only trouble with him” – “He was never at the age of 18!”

Leonie (13) may have died in the flat of the alleged 18-year-old Afghan. Neighbours report noise, many young girls and plenty of drugs.

The Afghan (then 12 years old), who came to Austria in 2015, lived in a large communal building in the street Erzherzog-Karl-Straße in Vienna-Donaustadt until recently. Already in his early youth, the now 18-year-old was a delinquent and had been reported to the police eleven times – he was also sentenced to ten months in prison, but was released on probation after only two months.

Many neighbours now hope that calm will finally return to and around the 3-storey community building. The neighbours of the 18-year-old, Gökhan C. (38) and Seyed M, say: “There were often three or four colleagues in the flat. It was untidy, a lot of bulky waste, there was even a carpet lying around in the yard. The tenant was dealing quite openly. Many young girls went in and out of there. And it was often noisy, once a window pane broke.”

A resident of the community building adds: “Many drug customers even rang my doorbell and wanted to buy drugs. Of course, that is annoying in the long run.” The 38-year-old had even called the police on Monday evening, eventually took the officers to the suspect’s flat. “After all, I have a nine-year-old daughter myself,” says the tenant from the building.

Seyed M. does not have much positive to say either: “I only saw a girl sitting at the window on Friday.” The neighbours spoke Persian with the Afghans. By the way, both neighbours are convinced: “He was never 18 years old! One estimates the suspect to be 28 years old, the other neighbour even 36. It is possible that the authorities will have the age of the suspects checked in the event of an indictment.

The questioning of the two suspects with a professional interpreter is ongoing, and other accomplices cannot be ruled out.The duo (18-year-old flat tenant, 16-year-old boyfriend) are believed to have dragged the lifeless Leonie (13) about 100 metres to a tree on Saturday morning and simply leaned her there. Shortly afterwards, passers-by made the gruesome finding.

By the way: A witness from the 18-year-old’s milieu, an asylum seeker, had spoken to the 18-year-old about the case and subsequently had knowledge of the perpetrator. The asylum seeker finally contacted the police and put the police on the right trace.

https://www.heute.at/s/nachbarn-ueber-verdaechtigen-18-nur-aerger-mit-ihm-100149879