Vienna murder alert: three children apparently murdered by their mother

A 31-year-old woman is said to have killed her three young daughters in an apartment in Vienna-Donaustadt. After a suicide attempt, which, according to the police, did not cause fatal injuries, the woman reported the emergency number where she had confessed to the crime of homicide. The eight-month, three- and nine-year-old girls died from suffocation, according to preliminary forensic medicine. Doctors fought for the lives of the elderly for about an hour.

Because the Nepalese woman announced in the emergency call that she wanted to commit suicide, the first emergency services immobilized her on the spot. “During an immediate search of the house, police officers found two girls with clear signs of death. A third girl was hospitalized, but resuscitation was unsuccessful,” said police spokesman Paul Eidenberger.

The mother made the emergency call around 5:20 am Emergency forces rushed to the apartment building near Kagraner Platz. According to Eidenberger, the woman herself had injuries to the area of ​​her hand that were not serious enough to have taken her to hospital. She was examined on Saturday morning at a police station by a doctor who, among other things, had to determine whether the 31-year-old could be questioned.

Daughters’ autopsies are to be done Saturday night. The preliminary forensic diagnosis was death by suffocation. Any help came too late for the two youngest girls. Rescuers found the nine-year-old girl dead, but there was apparently hope that she could be resurrected. The helpers tried to revive the boy for about an hour, but ultimately to no avail.

Communication with relatives was ongoing on Saturday. The girls’ father is believed to be in Vienna, but apparently he lived separately from the family, it was said.