A 91-year-old woman has been attacked and killed during a burglary at her garden allotment home in Vienna’s 21st district, Floridsdorf, police have confirmed.
Investigators revealed that the woman died from blunt force trauma to the head.
The woman’s body was discovered by relatives on Wednesday morning at the garden allotment on Bahndammweg. Paramedics from Vienna’s emergency services were called to the scene but were only able to confirm her death.
She was found in her bed, though it remains unclear whether she was attacked in her sleep or placed there afterwards. What is certain, however, is that one or more perpetrators forcibly entered the garden house. Several signs of a break-in were discovered on the windows. Whether the 91-year-old disturbed the intruder or intruders, or confronted them, is under investigation by Vienna’s Criminal Investigation Department.
Authorities are also determining if any valuables were stolen. According to her family, the 91-year-old did not own anything of great value, though she is believed to have kept some valuable items in the house.
