On a streetcar in Vienna
Charge after kicking baby in baby carriage
A 42-year-old Viennese man unleashed his xenophobia in a cowardly attack on a four-month-old baby. The girl was traveling with her parents in a streetcar and was sleeping peacefully when she was attacked. This is not the only crime for which the man has been charged by the Vienna public prosecutor's office.
An unbelievable attack occurred on Vienna's streetcar line 46, where a couple were traveling together with their four-month-old daughter. "We were sitting together as a family and talking," recalls the father. "Then we heard a commotion at the back of the streetcar. Suddenly this man came and kicked the baby carriage."
"I have rarely seen such brutality," confirms a witness. The previously sleeping baby began to scream loudly. As did the man on trial on July 15.
"Go back to your country! I always do this to women and children," the 42-year-old Viennese man shouted in the direction of the toddler.
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He blames the shocking act on his alcoholism. "Yes, I kicked the baby carriage. I hate babies because of the crying, and I hate women in general, and since the family was obviously of foreign descent for me, I hated them even more," the man stated on the record. The little girl was taken to hospital by ambulance. Fortunately, she was unharmed.
"The incident happened some time ago, today he is ashamed of what he did. My client is trying to make amends and has written a letter to the girl's parents in which he has apologized," says his defence lawyer Philipp Springer to "Krone".
Not the only accusation
Incidentally, the attempted assault on the baby is only one of the charges against the homeless man. He is also charged with grievous bodily harm, making dangerous threats and resisting public authority.
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