Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from the Niederösterreichischen Nachrichten:

Investigation: Two girls in Pongau abused by several youths

March 9, 2024

Two girls ages, 15 and 16, were reportedly sexually abused at the end of December 2023 by a group of youths, some massively, in Bischofshofen (Pongau). The public prosecutor is investigating nine accused altogether: eight boys as well as a girl, all aged between 15 and 18. According to the Salzburger Nachrichten report, they are Turks, Serbians, and Austrians with a migration background.

A police spokesperson confirmed the December incident on Saturday to APA [Austrian Press Agency]. It was not publicized for reasons of victim protection. According to the victim’s attorney, Sabina Moser, speaking to the Salzburger Nachrichten, the student victims were recently questioned the whole day in an adversarial hearing. The criminal proceedings against the accused will primarily be for the crime of “sexual abuse of a defenseless or psychologically impaired person” (Paragraph.205 State Penal Code). Two of the accused allegedly filmed the attack with cell phones. The police have now evaluated the cell phone videos. The previously uncharged boys are currently free.

The incident occurred while the 15-year-old girl was alone with her 16-year-old girlfriend in the parents’ apartment and the eight boys came by “to chill”. Subsequently, a lot of alcohol flowed, and the two eventual victims reportedly soon became heavily drunk. There were reportedly at least four to five of the boys who were direct molesters of the girls — they had sexual intercourse or similar acts with the female student.