The next outage occurred on Tuesday morning in Lower Austria. This time a prisoner escaped from Korneuburg prison. There has been no trace of him since.
“A search has so far been negative,” police spokesman Raimund Schwaigerlehner confirmed on Wednesday when asked. It is not yet known how the prisoner managed to break out and escape unnoticed.
Not considered dangerous
The resident is a 23-year-old Austrian citizen and is reportedly not considered dangerous. The prisoner has been held at large since September 2023, the Ministry of Justice said.
“No risk of escape”
The inmate had completed “a significant number of prison relaxations related to freedom without incident,” the ministry said when requested. “Even considering the short remaining sentence of only three months still to be served, there was no risk of absconding,” it was emphasized. Prison guards immediately ran after the inmate. But without success.
Several outbreaks in recent months
There have been an increasing number of prison escapes in Austria in recent months. Recently, a 19-year-old in Vienna managed to escape from Brothers of Mercy Hospital in Vienna during transfer.
Stone prisoner still on the run
There were also several outbreaks at Stein Prison in Lower Austria at the end of 2023. Some of the escaped prisoners were recaptured. However, since December there has been no trace of Islam Y. (35)…
Source: Krone
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