People in fear

Sick Iraqi terrorizes an entire neighbourhood

The residents of the neighborhood have collected signatures. They live in constant fear of the man's unpredictable attacks.

(Bild: Groh Klemens/klemens groh)

The people around the Strindberghof community building in Vienna-Simmering are desperate. An Iraqi-born man has been terrorizing the neighbourhood for several months. Almost every day there are reports. But the man is still at large. 

It is a letter of despair that the residents of Strindberghof in Simmering have sent to Wiener Wohnen and other authorities. In it, the 100 or so families report unbelievable conditions. At the center of the story - Shirwan S., a native Iraqi and resident of the communal building.