33-Year-Old Threatens Ex-Girlfriend in Vienna-Meidling

The 33-year-old is said to have visited his 36-year-old ex-girlfriend at her residence and tried to break down the apartment door with a hammer after she refused to let him in. He is also suspected of having threatened her with death.

WEGA Arrests 33-Year-Old After Threatening Ex-Girlfriend

When the 36-year-old woman loudly called the police emergency number, the 33-year-old fled. Officers from the Hufelandgasse police station arrested the man with the help of WEGA at his apartment. A restraining order and temporary weapons ban were issued against him. The man had previously been in a relationship with the woman and is said to have been violent on several occasions. The woman also reported a sexual offence in her complaint. During the threatening scenes outside the woman's door in Meidling, her two children from a previous marriage were also present.

In Austria, women who experience violence can find help and information at the Women's Helpline: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at, as well as at the Women's Shelter Emergency Number: 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centres: 0800/700-217, https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/, at the Police Emergency Number: 133

(APA/Red)

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