The man was treated in intensive care. He died from his injuries on Tuesday, police spokesman Johann Baumschlager said on Wednesday evening in response to an APA request. The autopsy of the 84-year-old, ordered by the St. Pölten public prosecutor’s office, has now also been carried out. According to Baumschlager, gunshot wounds were found in the woman’s head area. Both bodies have now been released, the spokesman emphasized.
An acquaintance of the couple called the police on Monday morning. The officers found the 84-year-old lifeless. The 93-year-old partner was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and taken into police custody. The murder weapon is a seized pistol that the pensioner legally owned.
In Austria, women who experience violence can find help and information 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, as well as at the women’s shelter emergency number on 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217, at the police emergency number: 133, and in Lower Austria at the Lower Austria women’s telephone at 0800-800 810.
The Ministry of Health’s suicide prevention portal offers help for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives. Contact details for aid organizations in Austria can be found at www.suizid-praevention.gv.at. Information for young people is available at www.bittelebe.at
