Public prosecutor investigates

Youth band up to mischief at secondary school

Pupils no longer wanted to come to class out of fear

(Bild: Antal Imre)

Beatings, threats, coercion - the list of accusations is long and serious. The public prosecutor's office is investigating nine young people, at least four of whom may already be of criminal age. What remains are frightened classmates who no longer dare attend lessons and are receiving psychological support.

Vienna's Reumannplatz is considered a hotspot for juvenile delinquency. But a group of young people are also said to have caused fear and terror in the area of a secondary school in the Traunviertel district. The public prosecutor's office in Wels has nine suspects, and the list of charges is long: damage to property, assault, dangerous threats, coercion - all of which took place between autumn 2023 and September 2024.