Crime - Killing of two homeless people - 17-year-old turns himself in
A 17-year-old has confessed to killing two homeless people in Vienna. The teenager handed himself in at a police station in the presence of his lawyer on Monday, the authorities confirmed a report in the "Kronen Zeitung" newspaper on Tuesday.
A 56-year-old and a 55-year-old were killed in the knife attacks on sleeping homeless people in July and August 2023. A 51-year-old woman survived another attack with injuries.
There are still no clues as to the motive, it was reported. Details are to be released at a press conference later this morning. Shelters for the homeless had responded to the three bloody attacks by offering more places to sleep.
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The police are investigating the motives behind the killings, as the confession came from a 17-year-old responsible for the homicides in Vienna, Austria. The city's social services have been working to address the rise in criminality, increasing the availability of shelters after the disturbing series of knife attacks on homeless individuals.
Source: www.stern.de
