A bloody knife attack by a 42-year-old on his ex-girlfriend’s new lover in Traismauer, Lower Austria, ended in a guilty verdict for attempted murder earlier this year. The perpetrator will spend 17 years behind bars.
“Just let me die!” These supposedly last words of a 25-year-old were preceded by a bitter fight for survival on January 10 in an apartment in Traismauer. The victim was seriously injured and still suffers from the consequences of the bloody attack to this day. He almost paid for his new love with his life. She was a thorn in the side of his lover’s ex-boyfriend.
Lovers in fear and terror
The ex terrorized the 26-year-old for months with wild messages, insults and death threats. The 42-year-old slashed her tires and cut her clothes. Until the situation culminated in the ice-cold murder attempt: Armed with a knife, the ex used a key (which he secretly still had) to gain access to their previous shared apartment in the St. Pölten district.
“We heard footsteps outside the door,” the future victim says. Then everything happened very quickly: “The first thing I saw was the knife,” the 25-year-old remembers. Only then did he realize that the knife was in the attacker’s raised hand. In blind rage and “fueled” by 1.6 per mille, the 42-year-old stabbed his young opponent several times. What followed was a bitter struggle for life and death.
Has suffered serious trauma
The 25-year-old suffered massive stab wounds to the chest, shoulder area and back. The perpetrator himself was also injured by the violent resistance. Until the attacker finally cut his stomach with the 17-centimeter blade of the knife. “He still didn’t stop stabbing me, I was terrified,” explains the traumatized victim.
The woman managed to escape from the apartment unnoticed to a neighbor and called 911. Just in time, because a few doors down her lover was fighting for his life. When the emergency services stormed the apartment, they saw a gruesome scene.
A photo of the crime scene shows the full extent of the bloody massacre. Relatives present in the courtroom can no longer contain their emotions at the sight. Both men were taken to hospital.
17 years in prison for ex-boyfriend
The 25-year-old underwent immediate emergency surgery and then spent five days in intensive care. To this day, a 10-inch scar on his stomach reminds him of the horrific attack. The wounds on his soul will never heal.
“I didn’t want to kill him. I just wanted him to disappear,” the defendant says. Given eight stab wounds, some of them life-threatening, and an opening in the abdomen, this was not very credible, and not only for the prosecutor. The 42-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for attempted murder – the verdict is not yet final.
Source: Krone
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