As of: January 20, 2024, 5:16 p.m
By: Johannes Welte
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An angler's scary catch keeps Vienna in suspense: On the outskirts of the city, a fisherman took one foot out of the water.
Was the victim killed and dismembered?
Update from January 20th, 12:26 p.m.:
He was beaten to death, sawed in half and sunk in the Marchfeld Canal.
Now the police in Austria have clarified the identity of the dead man, who was discovered after being found by an angler near Vienna.
It is an Iranian citizen who has been missing and wanted for weeks, reports the
Courier
.
Accordingly, the man had been missing since November 15th.
The police found identification documents and unique features on the dead man's body.
In addition, the investigators now confirm that they assume a crime: "The preliminary forensic medical findings allow the initial conclusion that the man's cause of death was probably a homicide." The forensic pathologists found clear marks for blunt trauma on the head and extremities Force.
“Sawed in mafia style”: More and more horrifying details after the foot was found in Austria
Update from January 19th, 1:25 p.m.:
The body parts from the Machfeld Canal were in the water for a long time.
Police spokeswoman Julia Schick reports to
ORF
“weeks or even months”.
Apparently the police know more, but they don't want to reveal any knowledge of the perpetrators.
That's why there are no details about the cause of death.
A DNA comparison should help to clarify the identity of the dead person.
Reports that he was said to have had identification documents with him were not commented on.
Update from January 18th, 5:25 p.m.:
The case is becoming increasingly shocking: According to
the Kronenzeitung
, “traces of a sharp-edged tool” were found on the bones of various parts of the dead man's body.
Traces of blunt force were found on the severed head.
From this the newspaper concludes: The victim was first beaten to death and then apparently “sawed up in mafia style and then the body parts were sunk into the water.”
When searching through reports of missing persons in the Austrian capital, investigators found a suitable case.
The description of a missing person and certain physical characteristics of the dead person should match.
Update from January 18th, 1:25 p.m.:
The police now assume it was a homicide.
A press release from the Vienna State Police Directorate states: “From a police point of view, at the current status of the investigation, no direction in the investigation can be completely ruled out.
However, the preliminary forensic medical findings allow the initial conclusion that the man's cause of death was probably a homicide." According to
kleinezeitung.at,
there were traces of blunt force trauma.
Once the DNA analysis has been completed, it is hoped that concrete information will be gained about the identity of the person who was allegedly killed.
In addition, the rest of the body has now been found: "After extensive and meticulous search measures, including divers from the Directorate for Special Forces/EKO Cobra and the police dog unit, several different parts of a human corpse were found in the Marchfeld Canal."
First report from January 16, 2024:
Vienna - At the weekend, an angler on the edge of the Austrian capital Vienna made a macabre catch in the Marchfeld Canal in the northern district of Florisdorf: Instead of a pike or perch, he pulled a human foot out of the water, reports
oe24.at
.
The hobby fisherman immediately alerted the police, who searched the canal for more body parts with divers until late Monday afternoon.
An angler fished body parts out of the water in the Marchfeld Canal near Vienna.
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Angler makes shocking catch near Vienna: A head is also said to have been found in the water
The Vienna State Criminal Police Office took over the further investigation after additional body parts were found.
According to information from
oe24.at,
it should also be a head.
For tactical reasons, the police do not want to provide any further information about the type of body parts and their number.
The portal quotes police spokesman Markus Dittrich regarding the investigation as follows: “Everything is possible.” From the victim of a suicide to an accident to a violent crime, everything is conceivable.
Police spokesman Dittrich told krone.tv: “A violent crime cannot be ruled out.”
Dittrich was unable to provide any information about the length of time in which the body parts of the dead man were in the water, but: "The investigators assume that it was probably some time." Divers are continuing to search the site.
Investigations after foot discovery in Austria: Residents are worried and horrified
Dittrich told Orf
:
“The current investigation is based on the assumption that it is part of the body of a person who was probably male.” The recent missing person searches are now being clarified.
The cause of death is currently unknown: the results of the autopsy are awaited.
The body parts are said to have been badly decomposed.
Local residents are horrified: “It’s bad, you live nearby and go for a walk there every day.
“It’s kind of scary,” one resident wrote on Facebook.
Others are disgusted: “Holy shit, I always go there with the dogs,” writes one user.
There have recently been several cruel northern cases in Vienna: Also in the Florisdorf district, a 20-year-old was killed by two Austrians in 2022.
In 2021, a 13-year-old was killed after being drugged.