As reported, the first detention review after the pre-trial detention was imposed took place on Thursday. The surprising result: the three 15-year-old Afghans and the 14-year-old from Iran are free again. A spokeswoman for the regional court in Linz did not give an official reason for this, because it was a non-public hearing.
However, the release from custody is likely to have something to do with the young age of the suspects, and the conditions for imprisonment for minors are much stricter than for adults. According to reports, the previous suspicion has not been further substantiated.
A spokeswoman for the Linz public prosecutor’s office emphasized that the boys were still being investigated on suspicion of rape.
As reported, the four young people are said to have raped a 16-year-old student in the stairwell of a parking deck near Linz Central Station, according to the victims, for more than an hour.
Source: Nachrichten
