According to police spokeswoman Julia Schick, the violent act was preceded by a dispute over dog hair. The 22-year-old, currently six months pregnant, was taken to hospital by emergency services with bruises on her face. However, your unborn child is expected to be essentially fine.
The attack was apparently preceded by a dispute over dog hair. The 22-year-old was walking with her brother and a dog owner friend. When she came to her boyfriend’s apartment on Koppstrasse, the 26-year-old Syrian citizen became upset about the contact with the dog and its hair. An argument broke out and the man became violent. The woman escaped to a restaurant next door, where an employee called the security forces. She also stated that the 26-year-old had beaten her in the past and threatened to kill her.
Provisional arrest, entry ban
The police found him at his apartment around 2 a.m. and temporarily arrested him on suspicion of serious bodily harm and dangerous threats. A ban on entry and approach as well as a temporary ban on weapons was imposed on him.
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; the Vienna Intervention Center against Violence in the Family/Violence Protection Center Vienna: www.interventionsstelle-wien.at and the 24-hour women’s emergency number of the City of Vienna: 01-71719 as well as the women’s shelter emergency number on 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Police emergency number: 133).
