Domestic violence in Vienna: woman escapes to brutal attack!

Domestic violence in Vienna: woman escapes to brutal attack!

Siebenbrunnengasse, 1020 Wien, Österreich - In Vienna, alarming cases of domestic violence have become known. On Thursday evening, a 41-year-old woman in her apartment in Leopoldstadt was brutally attacked by her husband and even threatened with killing. The desperate woman saved herself to her neighbors, where she was looking for help while the police arrived due to an emergency call. The 46-year-old perpetrator was clearly alcoholized, which was confirmed by a later test with 2.7 per thousand, and was immediately arrested. He now has to answer for assault and dangerous threats, while a prohibition of approximation against him, such as meinzirk.at reported.

shocking violence in another Viennese apartment

similarly dramatic scenes only played in another apartment in Vienna shortly later. A 34-year-old woman was attacked and beaten for hours by her 54-year-old life partner until attentive neighbors informed the police. The attacker opened the door bloody and claimed that everything was okay while the seriously injured victim was in the bedroom. The woman's injuries were so serious that she had to be cared for and taken to the hospital. The 54-year-old was also arrested for intentionally serious bodily harm when the police arrived, as krone.at reported.

These two cases throw a bright light on the everyday threat of women in their own home and underline the immediate need for preventive measures against violence in the family.