A 21-year-old young man, the son of the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, was tortured and burned alive in Vienna. Authorities have arrested two Ukrainian suspects.

A case of brutal murder has shocked Austria and Ukraine, when Danylo K., a 21-year-old young man and the son of the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, was tortured and burned alive in his own vehicle in Vienna. The incident took place on November 26, when the young man was beaten by a college colleague, then forced into a car, where he suffered torture. After a few hours, he was found dead on the back seat of the vehicle, which had been set on fire to hide the traces of the crime. His family, worried about his disappearance, alerted the authorities after they failed to get in touch with him. Investigators discovered that his cryptocurrency accounts had been emptied, suggesting that the motive for the crime may be financial. The police arrested two Ukrainian suspects, who had large sums of money on them, and the circumstances of the crime remain unclear. Authorities have ruled out political motives, focusing on financial motives.