Arrests After Attack on Ex-Partner in Vienna

The 40-year-old man is suspected of having held his 30-year-old ex-partner against her will, physically assaulted, and sexually abused her in an apartment on Leopoldauer Straße in Vienna-Donaustadt.

Apartment Owner Also Arrested After Alleged Violence Against Ex-Partner

The police encountered the woman in the stairwell of the apartment building on Saturday and subsequently arrested the 40-year-old and the 23-year-old Syrian apartment owner, it was stated in a release on Sunday. The woman was taken to a hospital and received medical care there. Both the 30-year-old and the 40-year-old are already known to the police due to mutual accusations.

The Vienna police are a point of contact for people who perceive violence or are themselves victims of violence. The police emergency number is available at 133 at any time. The crime prevention unit of the Vienna State Criminal Police Office also offers personal consultations via the hotline 0800/216346. Other contact points for victims of violence: Violence Protection Center Vienna: https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/wien/ 01/585-32-88 - 24-hour Women's Emergency Hotline of the City of Vienna: 01-71719 - Vienna Women's Shelter Emergency Hotline 057722 - Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Assistance offers from the AÖF association: The Women's Helpline against Violence 0800/222-555 is available around the clock, multilingual, anonymous, and free of charge to all women, relatives, and interested parties: www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at)

(APA/Red)

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