A 51-year-old man is said to have killed his 35-year-old wife in an apartment in the Lohbrügge district of Hamburg. Despite attempts at resuscitation, the woman succumbed to her injuries at the scene, the Hamburg police said on Friday afternoon. How exactly she was killed is currently being determined.
According to the information, the alleged perpetrator was the victim’s husband. According to initial findings, he himself had dialed the emergency number after his crime and informed the police. He was arrested at the scene of the crime and is now in custody. The homicide commission of the police and the department for capital offenses of the Hamburg public prosecutor are now investigating the exact circumstances of the crime.
In another case, the police arrested a 40-year-old in the Lurup district of Hamburg, who is said to have seriously injured his partner of the same age. The man is said to have inflicted severe head injuries on Thursday morning in an apartment, the police said. Police officers forcibly opened the door to the apartment on Thursday morning after a 13-year-old had given information about what happened at school. The school then informed the police. A police spokesman was initially unable to say whether it was the couple’s daughter. The man was due to appear before a magistrate on Friday. Further details were initially unclear.
It was only on Friday that a parliamentary question from the Left published a frightening number. According to this, six women have been killed by their partner or ex-partner in Hamburg so far this year – without the current case. “These cases must be classified as attempted and accomplished femicides,” said Cansu Özdemir, co-chair and women’s policy spokeswoman for the group. The inquiry revealed that ten other women were killed – in these cases it is unclear whether femicide is involved, according to the left-wing faction.
