Shot at Woman in Gmunden District: Suspected Perpetrator Found Dead
The woman was able to flee to the police station after the attack, she was out of danger by Saturday morning, a police spokesman told APA. The man was found dead in the garage of the house shortly afterwards by the Cobra. He committed suicide.
Woman is Questioned
The 72-year-old is said to have first threatened his ex-wife and then carried out his threat. The man fired several shots at the 62-year-old woman with a rifle, hitting her once. "The woman was seriously injured by a shot," said police spokesman Michael Babl. The woman was taken to the hospital. She was already questioned on Saturday, but details of the interrogations were not initially known. The woman and the man had apparently already separated, the scene of the crime is likely to have been the woman's residence. Whether the 72-year-old had also lived in the house and how long the two had been separated was not known.
Man Found Dead in Garage
Shortly after the act, it was unclear whether the man was still in the house or on the run. An alarm search was initiated. All available police patrols were in action, critical points were occupied and traffic checks were carried out. In addition, the Cobra task force, the air police and the police's rapid intervention group were in action. The residential building was surrounded. There, the Cobra found the man dead in the garage shortly before noon on Saturday.
Notes
The Ministry of Health's suicide prevention portal offers help for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives. Contact details for help centres in Austria can be found at www.suicide-prevention.gv.at. Information for young people is available at www.bittelebe.at
In Austria, women who experience violence can find help and information, among other things, 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, and in Upper Austria at the Autonomous Women's Centre - Women's Emergency Call OÖ at 0732/602200
(APA/Red)
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