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Austrian police arrest 15 over anti-LGBTQ hate attacks

Austrian police arrested 15 individuals for hate crimes against LGBTQ people, conducting raids across seven provinces with over 400 officers involved.
The suspects, aged 14 to 26, allegedly created fake accounts on dating platforms to lure LGBTQ individuals to remote locations where they were assaulted and robbed.
Police stated that the perpetrators filmed the attacks to humiliate the victims, falsely accusing them of being pedophiles.
In 2023, Austria recorded 5,668 hate crimes, with violence against sexual minorities increasing significantly from the previous year.

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