Murder alarm in Vienna: dead man found on park bench

2023-07-13 10:41:00

A passer-by discovered the victim at around 7.40 a.m. on the stairway on the Danube and called the emergency number. “It can be assumed that it is the fault of others,” said a police spokeswoman.

puncture and cut injuries

According to the police, the man was lying on his back on a park bench with his head resting on a piece of clothing. At the time of the discovery, the victim was no longer alive. “We can assume that the victim had been dead for several hours,” said police spokesman Markus Dittrich. Investigators found six stab wounds and cuts on the body. A coroner should now clarify whether the injuries were inflicted on the man with a knife or other object. “A murder weapon has not yet been found,” said police spokesman Dittrich on the spot.

Police on a large scale

Around noon, the executive was still in large-scale operations – including with forces from the standby unit, the service dog unit and the water police. The affected area at the Handelskai was cordoned off over a large area.

victim identified

The man is a 56-year-old homeless man from Hungary. This was announced by the Vienna State Police Department on Thursday. The investigators assume that his body was either deposited there or that the 56-year-old went there himself. The site on the staircase path should also not be the crime scene, it said.

The police said on Thursday that a pool of blood had been found around 350 meters from the crime scene. From there, police dogs would have followed traces of blood to the park bench on the staircase. A murder weapon has not yet been found, police said. The search for a perpetrator is still ongoing. Investigators are asking for the public’s help in the case. Information is requested to the Vienna State Criminal Police Office on 01-31310-33800.

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