The group of perpetrators likely proceeded in a similar manner most of the time. In urban areas, pharmacies, restaurants, and various specialty stores were broken into. Then the premises were searched for valuables. Mostly cash, mobile phones, and cigarettes were stolen.

The Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office identified four Moroccans aged 19 to 28 and a Lebanese citizen as suspects in the summer. According to the police, the starting point of the burglaries was the federal care facility in Traiskirchen (Baden district), where the five asylum seekers met and agreed to commit the crimes. Travel to and from the crime scenes was always by public transport. The four arrested individuals partially confessed and were taken to the Wiener Neustadt correctional facility on the orders of the public prosecutor’s office.

(APA/Red.)

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