Alarm manhunt in Lower Austria: police officer is said to have strangled woman

In Deutsch-Brodersdorf in the market town of Seibersdorf (Baden district), a woman (42) was found dead in a single-family house late on Wednesday afternoon. A violent crime is suspected, said police spokesman Raimund Schwaigerlehner on APA request. The State Criminal Police Office of Lower Austria has started the investigation into the case. A perpetrator was searched for in the evening hours. According to initial information, he is likely to be the woman’s partner – a police officer by profession.