Tragic murder suicide shakes Alberndorf: Investigations running!

Tragic murder suicide shakes Alberndorf: Investigations running!

Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, Deutschland - A tragic incident shook the municipalities of Alberndorf in the Pulkautal and Eichstetten on Sunday. In a frightening pattern, there was both murder suicide in Austria and a fatal police operation in Germany. In Alberndorf, emergency services found a couple-a 58-year-old man and his 51-year-old wife-lifeless in their home. Friends of the couple had raised the alarm when they were no longer available. The police assume that the man shot his wife before taking his own life, possibly due to a serious illness, as police spokesman Raimund Schwaigerlehner confirmed. A farewell letter that was discovered during the investigation could provide further information on the background of the tragic act, reported OE24.at.

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In a parallel incident in Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl, the police were called to a family dispute, in which a 48-year-old man attacked his partner and her 10-year-old child. According to the woman who chose the emergency call, the man had hit her and the child. When the police arrived, the rioter showed no insight and shot on the closed door where the woman and the child had brought herself to safety. A neighbor helped the child to escape over the window. The man who was armed with a shotgun threatened the incoming police officers and several times ignored the requests to make the weapon. The police then opened the fire. The man was taken to a hospital seriously, but died a short time later. Both, the child and the mother, receive psychological care, while the LKA Baden-Württemberg has taken over the investigation.

These tragic incidents illustrate the serious consequences of domestic violence. In Alberndorf it was the couple's friends who alerted the police, while in Eichstetten the quick intervention of the neighbors may prevent worse. And while the circumstances of the two cases are different, the message remains clear: violence in the family often has fatal consequences. Details on the investigation in Alberndorf can be removed from the report by 5min.at href = "https://www.heidelberg24.de/baden-wuerttemberg/polizei-erschiesst-randalierer-Eichstetten-kaiserstuhl-Suedbaden-kind-cht-got-93575879.html"> Heidelberg24 provides information on the events in Eichstetten.