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Three murdered women discovered in Viennese brothel
Three women were found dead in a brothel in Vienna-Brigittenau. A suspect is in police custody. photo
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A passerby alerts the police because he notices a trail of blood. The investigators then see a terrible scene in a brothel – and quickly catch a suspect.
After the violent deaths of three women in one brothel in Vienna, the course of events and the motive for the crime remain unclear. According to police, a 27-year-old suspect was questioned on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday evening in a green area near the crime scene. He behaved aggressively and was therefore incapacitated with an electric shock gun, a police spokesman told the Austrian news agency APA on Saturday.
He still had the suspected murder weapon, a knife, with him. According to police, the man had cuts that he likely inflicted on himself while carrying out the crime.
Probably no witnesses
When the officers arrived, they saw a terrible scene. According to the information, the women who were killed had severe cuts and stab wounds, so that it was clear to the emergency services when they entered the crime scene that any medical help was coming too late for the victims. The police spokesman said the crime took place in several rooms and the bodies were found in different rooms. The victims, who have not yet been identified, were treated with extremely violent force.
According to current knowledge, the 27-year-old was the last visitor to the studio. According to the current state of the investigation, there are no witnesses to the crime. It was still unclear whether the man used services there or immediately attacked the women with a knife.
The police were alerted by a passer-by who noticed a trail of blood. It stretched from the entrance area of the restaurant to the opposite side of the street. There the officers came across the 27-year-old.