Graz: Three more arrests after Christmas beatings

Beats with iron bars and shots into the ground: Controls of the protection zones in Graz led the police to the wanted ones. They were arrested in Innsbruck.

Two suspects in Innsbruck, one caught in Graz, so far six suspected perpetrators of violence have been investigated.

As reported, several young men had been arrested in the days following Christmas after a dispute among Syrian youths escalated on the open road. Three more suspects were arrested. Bloody holidays: In the events there were several violent clashes between two groups of Syrian youths. These confrontations took place on December 25, 2024 in Dreihackengasse, Elisabethinergasse, Ägydigasse, Annenstraße and – on the next day (Stefanitag) – at Graz Cent…