Attack in Linz

Several knife cuts were intended to make money flow

Cobra officers arrested the suspected stabber in Haid-Ansfelden (symbolic image)

(Bild: Christof Birbaumer/Kronen Zeitung)

An attacker in Linz wanted his victim to be "blooded", but to the money vein. Knife cuts were supposed to help a Syrian give cash to an Algerian, but it all came to nothing. After the attack in the apartment, a successful Cobra operation was carried out. The background to the attack was probably drug dealing.

He wanted money, and he wanted it badly: a 38-year-old Algerian man kicked in the door of an apartment in the Franckviertel district of Linz - a 26-year-old Syrian from Ansfelden was sleeping inside. "Money", demanded the Algerian after he had rudely torn the victim from his dreams.

There was no loot
Because it didn't go fast enough or the Syrian thought he had nothing, the attacker grabbed a knife. He not only threatened, but also inflicted several superficial cuts on the victim's upper arms and chest. However, he is not said to have taken any loot.

Confessed
The victim was eventually released and reported the attack to the Landhaus police station, where investigators were able to identify the Algerian as a suspect and apprehend him with the help of Cobra in Haid-Ansfelden. The 38-year-old partially confessed and is now in custody in Linz.