Shot at woman in Gmunden district: suspected perpetrator discovered dead

The woman was able to escape to the police station after the attack. She was treated in hospital and was able to leave on Saturday, a police spokesman told the APA. The man was found dead in the garage of the house by the Cobra shortly afterwards. He committed suicide.

The 71-year-old is said to have first threatened his ex-wife and then carried out his threat. The man shot the 61-year-old woman several times with his sporting rifle, hitting her once. “The woman was hit on the side of the head, she must have been very lucky,” said police spokesman Michael Babl. The woman suffered a graze wound and was able to leave the hospital.

The 61-year-old was questioned on Saturday; details of the interrogation were not initially known. The woman and the man had apparently already separated. The former couple continued to live together in their home in Ebensee. The man was a target shooter and legally owned the rifle.

Shortly after the crime, it was unclear whether the man was still in the house or was trying to escape. An alarm search was initiated. All available police patrols were deployed, critical points were occupied and traffic controls were carried out. In addition, the Cobra task force, the air police and the police rapid response group were in action. The house was surrounded. The Cobra found the man dead in the garage shortly before noon on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health’s suicide prevention portal offers help for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives. The contact details of the advice centers in Austria can be found at www.suicide-praevention.gv.at. Information for young people is available at www.bittelebe.at

In Austria, women who experience violence can find help and information at the women’s hotline: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Autonomous Austrian Women’s Shelters (AÖF). www.aoef.atas well as the women’s shelter emergency number: 057722 and the Austrian violence protection centers: 0800/700-217, https://www.violentprotectioncenter.at/at the police emergency number: 133, and in Upper Austria at the Autonomous Women’s Center – Women’s Emergency Number Upper Austria on 0732/602200

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