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Vienna Police Probe Stabbing After Husband Confronts Alleged Lover in Favoriten

Prosecutors have ordered detention for both suspects pending an investigation into contested accounts.

Overview

  • A 27-year-old man suffered multiple stab wounds and was hospitalized after emergency treatment by Vienna’s rescue service.
  • The confrontation occurred around noon at the couple’s residential building when the 48-year-old husband met the younger man as he was leaving.
  • Police said the younger man allegedly produced a knife during the dispute, and investigators later secured the weapon as evidence.
  • Both men fell during the struggle, and accounts differ on who controlled the knife, with the older man denying he gained possession.
  • Officers opened a case on suspicion of mutual intentional serious bodily harm, the husband sustained minor injuries, and the injured suspect is guarded in hospital until transfer to pretrial detention.