Partner took flight

Drunk woman threatened husband with knife in Vienna

The woman is said to have chased her partner with the knife, who then fled (symbolic image).(Bild: rootstocks - stock.adobe.com)

On Wednesday, an argument in an apartment in Vienna-Ottakring escalated when a 69-year-old woman threatened her 73-year-old husband with a knife. The man fled the apartment in panic and called the police.

With the support of the WEGA special unit, the Austrian woman was arrested in her apartment, as the police announced on Thursday. A breathalyzer test revealed 1.16 per mille. The knife she had used to threaten her partner was seized in the stairwell.

The woman was banned from entering and approaching the building and a temporary weapons ban was imposed.