The rape of a 26-year-old woman over the weekend in Vienna caused great consternation far beyond the city limits. Timo R. delivered the suspected rapist to the police. How, he says in the ‘Krone’ conversation.
Let’s start this story with the facts: Marie (name has been changed) was partying, she was dancing, she felt comfortable and safe. But the 26-year-old’s journey home ended in martyrdom – in hell. The young woman from Vienna was brutally raped. 20 to 30 people were just a few steps from the crime scene on Leipziger Platz near the Jägerstrasse metro station. Maria lay naked on the floor, she cried for her life, her tormentor did not let go of her. until he came Timo R., age 28.
It was ‘destiny’, he says in the interview with ‘Krone’, that he was still out with his girlfriend at five in the morning. You ate kebabs, bought fries, smoked. And then suddenly that defenseless woman who is abused by a Tunisian (24).
The suspect immediately fled
“We yelled at her when she needed help,” says Timo. The (for now) stranger upon her screeched, “All right!” At these words, the trained ex-footballer “tribbered”. One look from him was apparently enough for the North African to flee. “We were so focused on the victim that he had an edge.” – “His luck”, says Timo. Criminal: “Mine probably too. He ruined someone’s life.”
On the way to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
What happened next is known: it was a hunt. The 28-year-old was in constant contact with the emergency services via mobile phone while sprinting after the perpetrator. Timo R.: “Fortunately he was stupid enough to run in the direction of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department.” End of line.
There he is now. Timo in front of his house in the 20th arrondissement. His Snoopy sweater somehow exudes joie de vivre, which he is not feeling at the moment. It was all these posts on the internet that enraged him – apart from the heinous act. “Left right. Nazis, do-gooders – suddenly everything was represented that thinks it has a voice in Vienna.”
The media was berated for revealing the alleged perpetrator’s nationality, asked if it was rape at all – and disfigured the victim as “too liberal, giving the wrong signals”. The hero who doesn’t want to be, portrayed as a liar… Timo R.
A1 employee feels hatred towards the suspect
Exactly, he’s not usually one for swear words, he works for A1 in escalation management, but he can’t resist, “Did they all shit in their heads…?” And yes, he feels “hate” for the Tunisian. It’s clear to the 28-year-old: he doesn’t like the words “well done” or “unique moral courage” either. “Maybe I’ve prevented an even worse crime,” says Timo. “No one knows what would have happened otherwise.”
The suspect protests his innocence. It costs Timo R. a tired smile – he will never forget the face of the man who destroyed Marie’s life.
Source: Krone
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