A week ago, a 16-year-old prisoner who was in the Gerasdorf prison in Lower Austria escaped. Now he could be tracked down and arrested in Vienna. A teenager (17) is suspected of having hidden him.
The boy fled on November 13th during a medical examination at the Wiener Neustadt State Hospital. Thanks to meticulous investigations, his whereabouts were determined, as the Lower Austria State Police Department announced. 17-year-old under suspicion of favoritism. On Monday afternoon, the 16-year-old was arrested in Vienna-Ottakring and taken back to the Gerasdorf prison. A 17-year-old from Wiener Neustadt was identified as a suspect on suspicion of favoritism. She didn’t confess. After the investigation has been completed, she will be reported to the Wiener Neustadt public prosecutor’s office, the police said. Release planned for January After his attempt to escape, the 16-year-old could face a longer prison sentence than originally planned: the teenager would actually have been released in January 2024.
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