More details about the bloody act in Vienna-Liesing on Tuesday evening, in which a 54-year-old woman was killed, are gradually coming to light. Urgent suspect: her own son, known to the authorities and known as a high-risk case. In any case, the 22-year-old did not participate in the mandatory counseling appointments prescribed for violent offenders. Once again a discussion about violence against women has started.
Arguments and anger would have been his motives for the bloody deed. He was not allowed to enter and approach three times. Violent offenders who are rejected by the police and receive an entry ban must report to an advice center for violence prevention within five days and make an appointment. The six-hour consultation must first take place within 14 days of contact.
However, the 22-year-old never reported to the responsible restart club, according to APA press spokesman Thomas Marecek. “As usual in such cases, we have reported this to the police.” If participation in the consultation is refused, the perpetrator will receive an administrative fine. According to APA information, the 22-year-old has already paid for it and another proceeding is pending.
At the time of the crime late Tuesday evening, there was no entry ban. The 22-year-old was not registered with the police at the address of the crime scene, but has a registered address in a residential care center in Vienna. The son is said to have given his 54-year-old mother three stitches in the neck and neck in her apartment in Erlaa. He turned to neighbors after the murder and told them his mother needed help. CPR was of no avail.
The young man is said to have threatened his mother several times in the past. Police officers also spoke to the later victim several times, the executive said. They warned the 54-year-old that there was a high risk that she would become a victim of a violent crime. The son has been temporarily hospitalized in the past due to suspected mental illness.
Sixth femicide since the beginning of this year
“In 2023, six women would have been killed by men, and it’s only March,” said Social Affairs Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) on Thursday at the opening of a new center for girls who are victims of violence in Vienna (“Bakhti” ). He also referred to the “sixth femicide since the beginning of the year” announced on Wednesday, referring to more than 14,600 entry and approach bans imposed on violent individuals in 2022 – “an increase of almost seven percent”.
Compliance with these bans must be monitored and “sanctions are needed” if the perpetrators (up to 88 percent male, note) fail to comply, Rauch said. There are specific training courses for managers.
Criticism of advertising in general
The law on protection against violence is “a good law”, but Maria Rösslhumer, director of the Autonomous Austrian Women’s Shelter (AÖF), sees problems in its implementation: she criticizes the fact that there are still many reports of violence and “violent offenders are too often set free”.
“I cannot and will not accept that femicides are almost becoming the order of the day in Austria,” Rauch said. Stopping violence against women is an obligation for society as a whole. Budgetary resources for protection against violence have recently been significantly increased in all concerned departments, even though they are a long way from the more than €220 million per year that victim protection organizations have long been asking for.
Source: Krone
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