Austria: Man (83) who cut a power cable wanted to electrocute his wife

2023-08-01 13:54:54

BURGENLAND. It was alleged that an 83-year-old pensioner in the Austrian state of Burgenland tried to give electricity to his wife with a broken electrical cable. The alleged assassination attempt alone failed. The 87-year-old woman survived and screamed for help. His sitter came running and managed to neutralize the suspect, and the old man was arrested.

The incident caused alarm among emergency services last Sunday. A retiree allegedly tried to kill his wife. According to the preliminary information of „Krone“, the 87-year-old woman’s room was sneaked by her 83-year-old husband at noon with a cut electrical cable. Woman, OberschützenShe was lying in bed on the top floor of their shared home in ‚.

Electric shock by cable

According to the police report, the 83-year-old man connected one end of the cable to the electrical circuit with a plug, while at the other end the electrical wires were bare, wrapped only in thin insulating tape, and the husband pressed the wires into his wife’s hand. His wife’s screams brought the whole neighborhood to its feet.

The caregiver held the perpetrator behind

The caregiver of the 87-year-old patient reacted immediately. The caretaker was on the ground floor of the house and rushed to the first floor to help. A heated argument ensued between the caregiver and the 87-year-old man. The brave caretaker managed to snatch the deadly wire from her hands.

Retired wanted to hide

The 83-year-old retired man escaped and tried to hide in the garage. The nurse also managed to prevent it. The arrested man and his 87-year-old victim were taken to the hospital in Oberwart. “The woman’s heart rate and blood pressure were greatly increased by fear and electric shock” was diagnosed.

Since the sensational attack, the state of Burgenland, with a population of 2480, has Among the ring in the district of Oberschützen it’s cloudy. According to the first reports of the police, it was learned that the suspect 83-year-old man acted with the intention of killing his 87-year-old wife.