The husband (31), who had been wanted since the bodies were found on Thursday morning, was caught that evening at the airport in the German capital Berlin, the Vienna police reported on Friday. From the outset, investigators assumed it was a homicide, with the main suspect being the partner, who had apparently gone into hiding.
The police were contacted by the woman’s relatives, who reported an argument between the couple and were worried when they could no longer reach the Afghan-born woman. On Thursday at 9:20 a.m. the door to the locked apartment was opened. There the police found the dead woman, who had stab wounds to her chest and neck.
Service: In Austria, women who experience violence can find help and information from the Women’s Helpline at: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women’s Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.atas well as the women’s shelter emergency number on 057722 and the Austrian violence protection centers: 0800/700-217, https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/the police emergency number: 133, and in Upper Austria the Autonomous Women’s Centre – Women’s Emergency Number Upper Austria on 0732/602200
