Austria (Report: Muhammad Amir Siddique) Because the children’s rooms were not tidy, a mother is said to have freaked out on Tuesday in Vienna-Liesing so much that she hit her three children and threatened them with a knife. The police reported in a broadcast. The woman was arrested. According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday at around 11.30 p.m. in the family apartment on Perfektastraße. The three children (twelve, 14 and 16 years old) were able to escape in the children’s room and lock themselves up. From there they also alerted the police. Officials from the Liesing City Police Department arrested the 41-year-old mother. The citizen of the Russian Federation was taken to a prison. Daughter sustained cuts
One child, the 14-year-old daughter, was cut. She was given emergency medical care by the emergency services of the Viennese professional rescue service and then released into home care. The separated father now takes care of the children, it said on APA request. According to the police, the mother may not have been drunk or under the influence of drugs. Husband threw pregnant wife to the ground. A case of domestic violence occurred on Tuesday at the same time in Vienna-Ottakring: In the course of a dispute, a man allegedly hit his pregnant wife in an apartment on Baumeistergasse and threw her to the ground. In the course of the clarification of the facts in the apartment, the man is said to have tried several times to be assaulted against police officers. Eventually he was arrested under heavy resistance. The 32-year-old Austrian was reported several times and banned from entering and approaching. The 24-year-old woman refused to be provided by the emergency services of the Vienna professional rescue service, it said in the broadcast. The police referred to the authorities responsible for seeking help in connection with domestic violence. The emergency number 133 is available at any time for people who perceive violence or are affected by violence. The 24-hour women’s emergency number (01/71 71 9) and the women’s refuge emergency number of the Wiener Frauenhäuser Association (05-77-22) are also staffed around the clock. The Vienna State Criminal Police Office, Crime Prevention, also offers advice on the hotline 0800/21 63 46. Free help for those affected is also available from the Vienna Intervention Center against violence in the family.
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