Police Operation Escalated After Neighborhood Dispute in Vienna-Favoriten

The woman is suspected of having threatened her 29-year-old neighbor with death as part of an ongoing neighborhood dispute.

Police Operation After Neighborhood Dispute: Policewoman Injured

When the woman was to be brought to the police station for immediate questioning, she attempted to flee and attacked a policewoman with blows. The officer sustained shoulder injuries and scratches during the necessary use of physical force. A second officer was also injured in the knee during the arrest. Both officers had to be treated in the hospital. The accused refused to make any statement during the questioning. On the orders of the Vienna public prosecutor's office, she was reported at large.

In Austria, women experiencing violence can find help and information, among others, at the Women's Helpline at: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at; Violence Protection Center Vienna: https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/wien/ and the 24-hour Women's Emergency Hotline of the City of Vienna: 01-71719 as well as the Women's Shelter Emergency Hotline at 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Police emergency number: 133.

(APA/Red)

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