According to police spokesman Mattias Schuster, the identity of the dead man found at the Neue Donau U6 station was not clear for the time being.
The missing son of the two was found dead in the New Danube on Saturday evening. Water police officers discovered the lifeless body and, after unsuccessful resuscitation attempts, determined that it was the five-year-old. The child’s body was found on Saturday around 6 p.m. in the Floridsdorf district. The result of the autopsy had not yet been published, which is why the exact cause of death of the five-year-old initially remained unclear.
The 41-year-old has not been found at his home address in Vienna or at his employer since the previous week. He is said to have injured his ex-wife with the hammer in the shoulder, face and head area, but not seriously. The 39-year-old was attacked in front of her house while she was waiting for her ex-husband, who was supposed to bring their son back after visiting on Sunday evening. But he appeared alone, threatened the woman with a blank gun before attacking her with a hammer. A courageous neighbor became aware of calls for help and tried to prevent further attacks, whereupon the 41-year-old fled. An entry ban had already been issued against the man from Liberia.
At that time, the Vienna child and youth welfare (Municipal Department MA 11) was also in contact with the family, a spokeswoman for MA 11 of the APA confirmed a report by ORF “Vienna Today” on Sunday evening. This is a standardized procedure for an entry ban that also involves children. The focus is on what the family needs. Accordingly, the employees of MA 11 were in contact with the mother for a while. When it was clear that the mother could take care of the boy and had taken all measures to protect him, MA 11 withdrew again.
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After a hammer attack on ex-wife in Vienna: son found dead in Danube
