Knife attack in favorites: wife saved from death threat!

Knife attack in favorites: wife saved from death threat!

In the night of May 29, 2025, there was a dramatic marriage dispute in Vienna favorites that ended with a arrest. Around 11:00 p.m., a 32-year-old man of Turkish citizenship threatened his 32-year-old wife with a bread knife and expressed death threats. When the situation escalated, the woman was looking for help from the Zohmanngasse police inspection, where she filed a complaint. The husband was then arrested in the shared apartment. A ban on entering and rising and a temporary ban on weapons was imposed. The police investigations are still in progress. .

These incidents are part of a worrying trend that includes violence against women. In 2023, around 181,000 of the approximately 256,000 victims of domestic violence were female in Germany. Domestic violence is often only recorded in police -registered cases, which means that there is a high dark field. Factors such as shame and allegations of guilt contribute to the fact that many women do not report incidents of violence. Statista points out that women are usually the main affected in sexual assault and domestic violence.

help and support measures

The terrible events of these nights in Vienna favorites illustrate urgency to make auxiliary resources accessible and to bring the problem of violence against women into the focus of the public.