Three women stabbed to death in brothel after knifeman goes on rampage
Three women have been stabbed to death in a brothel after a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage.
Spots of blood dotted the pavement outside following the attack at a bordello near the Danube River in the Austrian capital of Vienna late on Friday.
The killer reportedly roamed from room to room inside the Asia Studio.
A 27-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan was arrested in the vicinity of the brothel while carrying a knife, which is suspected to be the weapon used in the attacks.
He will be questioned by police later on Saturday.
Police found a fourth woman inside the brothel and she was being questioned by officers as a witness.
She is believed to have heard the attack while hiding inside a locked room.
The identities of the three victims remains unclear.
Brothels are legal in Austria, and the Asia Studio is in Vienna’s 20th district, one of the city’s poorest areas.
The venue describes itself as an ‘erotic massage’ parlour.
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