Robbery in Vienna-Liesing: Unknown assailants drag 25-year-old into a park and rob him

Investigations and immediate manhunt

After the attack, the two men fled with the stolen cash. Police initially provided no further details on the amount of the stolen goods or on possible injuries to the 25-year-old. The victim filed a report.

Canevalestraße is located in a residential area of Vienna's 23rd district. After the incident, police patrol cars were deployed in the area around the park. Investigations are ongoing, and investigative pressure has been built up.

Information from the public sought

The case became known, among other things, via a TV live stream from OE24. The news also spread rapidly through user posts on social networks. Police are currently examining whether there are links to other incidents in the district.

Street robberies have recently been increasingly registered by police in Vienna-Liesing. The responsible police inspectorate asks witnesses who made observations regarding the attack on Canevalestraße to contact the known emergency number or any police station.

Vienna Police also pointed out that additional patrols are out in the city area during the evening hours as well. Citizens who noticed anything suspicious in the area of the park during the time in question could be crucial to the investigation.

Further investigative steps

Initial interviews from the area around the crime scene have, according to police, so far yielded no concrete leads on the identity of the two attackers. The evaluation of possible surveillance cameras on Canevalestraße and in the park is underway, with results expected in the coming days.

Investigators classify the act as a robbery. Should the suspicion be confirmed that the two perpetrators deliberately targeted pedestrians into secluded areas, a possible link with a series of similar cases will also be examined, according to investigative sources.

Further details – such as the exact time, the duration of the attack, and the nature of the threat – are to be supplemented by police in the course of the ongoing investigation and after questioning the victim, according to police. An initial medical certificate regarding possible injuries has been requested.

Vienna Police appealed to the public to stay vigilant and to call the emergency number immediately in case of suspicion. Increased visibility of patrol police has been ordered for the Liesing district until the perpetrators are caught.