Multiple stab wounds to the neck

Tragic discovery in cemetery: Dead woman found

A woman's body was discovered at the Baumgarten cemetery in Vienna late Monday afternoon. A suspect has been arrested.(Bild: Gerhard Bartel)

Shocking discovery in Vienna-Penzing: On Monday afternoon, a dead woman was discovered in the Baumgarten cemetery. She had multiple stab wounds to the neck, and a first arrest has already been made. 

According to initial investigations, the violent crime took place at around 3:45 p.m., but it is still unclear what exactly preceded the brutal killing of a 65-year-old cemetery visitor.

A passerby discovered the elderly woman's lifeless body. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. The woman was fatally injured with several stab wounds to the neck. 

Did an attempted robbery end in an escalation of violence?
The prime suspect is a 14-year-old girl who lived near the cemetery. She is already in police custody, as the "Krone" newspaper has learned. The teenager was arrested at her home address, where she was seen by other people with the alleged murder weapon. The knife and clothing she is believed to have been wearing at the time of the crime were seized there. The Vienna State Criminal Investigation Office is investigating, but the background to the crime is still unclear.

Currently, there is suspicion that it was an attempted robbery that turned violent. However, the 14-year-old has not yet been questioned. Both the victim and the suspect are Austrian citizens. The police did not want to disclose any further details on Monday evening, citing the ongoing investigation.  

The woman's body was discovered in the Baumgarten cemetery:

Large-scale police operation
The police were on duty in large numbers in the area of the cemetery in Penzing, and evidence was secured at the scene until 9 p.m. It has now been established that the 65-year-old woman was murdered where her body was later found. The cemetery is currently open until 5 p.m., with the side gates closing an hour earlier.