According to Austrian police, at least 15 people have been arrested in Austria and Slovakia for hating the gay community.
About 400 officers participated in the campaigns on Friday morning in the name of the Graz Prosecutor’s Office.
They arrested 12 men and three women aged 14 to 26, accused of attracting people – many gays – to remote places using fake social media accounts before shooting them and taking pictures.
“The group claims that its actions are aimed at children,” Straya police said. Written by their own page in X. “In reality, the brutal act that is increasingly directed to the gay community.
In May 2024, the perpetrators began attracting people using social media accounts.
Italian police said masked men had met tricky people in remote places and then refrained from beating, stealing and insulting the victims. Then they loaded videos in online groups.
So far, at least 17 cases have been diagnosed, and one has even been under investigation for attempts to kill.
Police believe there may be more unreported cases.
The officers raided 23 houses across Austria and neighboring Slovakia. Of the 15 men and women arrested, 11 are Austria, one Croatian, one German, one Romania and one Slovaks.
Austrian media also reported. When the police found Nazi weapons and memories in their homes in their homes.
Austrian special forces are working with police and prosecutors in seven states across the country, although authorities have said it “there is no concrete threat to the people.