Facts
The Public Prosecutor's Office IV of the Canton of Zurich conducted a criminal investigation against the Eritrean nationals [A.] (born 1995), [B.] (born 1993) and [C.] (born 1994) for aggravated assault or attack. They are accused of having provoked a dispute with the injured party [D.] (born 1994, Somali national) in Zurich on 16 May 2015 and having attacked him with punches and kicks, causing him life-threatening head injuries. The appellants were subsequently arrested and placed in pre-trial detention. On 24 June 2016, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment with the District Court of Zurich for aggravated assault (Art. 122 para. 1 SCC), in the case of [A.] and [E.] alternatively for attack (Art. 134 SCC). On 6 July 2016, the District Court granted preventive detention for [A.] , [B.] and [C.] until 5 January 2017. At the request of 27 July 2016, the District Court granted [C.] early execution of sentence.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court examines the appeals of the appellants against the decisions of the High Court of the Canton of Zurich, which rejected the requests for release from preventive detention or early execution of sentence. The Federal Supreme Court notes that there is a strong suspicion that the appellants were involved as co-perpetrators in the physical attack on the injured party. The lower court has set out the evidence and the legal assessment of the conduct of the appellants in detail, which the Federal Supreme Court does not object to. Furthermore, the Federal Supreme Court affirms the existence of a risk of flight pursuant to Art. 221 para. 1 lit. a CrimPC for all three appellants. It…