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The 31-year-old was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, the police said in a broadcast. The woman is out of danger. The suspect fled and was arrested in Raasdorf near Vienna, a few kilometers away. The State Criminal Police Office of Lower Austria has started investigations into attempted murder.
The bloody deed is said to have occurred around 6 a.m. in the 31-year-old’s apartment. The seriously injured victim is said to have informed the officials that her ex-partner had attacked her, and the man may have fled in a vehicle. The suspect from the Gänserndorf district was subsequently arrested by the Rapid Intervention Group (SIG).
According to media reports, the eleven-year-old child of the woman and the suspect was also in the apartment. Surveys and interrogations are carried out by the State Criminal Police Office, investigation area life/life and assistance area crime scene.
Source: Nachrichten