Shock in Neukirchen: mother dead, husband arrested!

Shock in Neukirchen: mother dead, husband arrested!

In the night of Saturday, March 22, 2025, there was a tragic incident in Neukirchen an der Enknach (Braunau district, Upper Austria) that indicates a suspected female. A 20-year-old found her 44-year-old mother dead in her home. The 35-year-old husband of the deceased was discovered in the immediate vicinity and is considered an urgent suspect, as the Ried public prosecutor said. He was arrested shortly afterwards after trying to have committed suicide. This happened at around 4:00 a.m. after he had left the house to later put on his wife with a knife, the reports of Sn.at .

Current developments

After the suspect was treated in the hospital due to his injuries, he was now able to leave this again. The circumstances of the bloody deed have so far been unclear and an autopsy of the body has been arranged to obtain further information. Women's Minister Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Minister of Justice Anna Sporrer expressed deeply affected about the incident and emphasized the need for urgent measures against violence against women. They reminded that a national action plan is being worked hard to prevent female. "Every femizine is one too much," says the politicians, which underlines the drama and threatening reality of violence against women, as Sn.at reports.