Bloody family dispute in Hamburg: Husband breathes mother in front of a child

Bloody family dispute in Hamburg: Husband breathes mother in front of a child

Gert-Marcus-Straße, 22417 Hamburg, Deutschland - On January 2, Hamburg experienced a shattering incident that put the city in horror. A 38-year-old woman broke out in the stairwell of her house in Groß Borstel and died. Her husband, also 38 years old, is accused of having choked and attacked with a kitchen knife. According to the mopo , the incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. added. The brutal assault continued when he tried to struggle the woman with a ribbon -shaped textile.

The desperate woman was able to free herself and fled into the elevator. But her husband followed her and stabbed her in her neck with a 23 centimeter long kitchen knife. Despite the immediate attempts at resuscitation, she died in the stairwell while her husband fled to his mother with the three -year -old son. Local residents who saw the incident alerted the police. This arrested the husband in Dorotheenstrasse and the child was taken to a hospital for medical assessment. The crisis intervention team of the German Red Cross looked after the witnesses and relatives.

femicides and media reporting

This tragic incident also raises major social issues, especially with regard to the topic of female. In Germany, violence against women and in particular female female are widespread. Studies show that every fourth woman has had experiences with intimate partner violence and half of all homicide is committed to women by a partner or ex -partner. This results from the numbers that can be found in the Federal Center for Political Education are.

Reporting on femicides is often inadequate and disregards the deeper social problems. Media have the power to shape public awareness and to show that violence in intimate relationships is not an individual but a structural problem. Nevertheless, the topic is often taboo and is reduced to individual cases. Reports often use trivializing terms, which reduces the scope of the problem.

The situation is not just an issue in Germany. In Switzerland, too, women's shelters recently submitted a complaint to the press council because they feel discriminated against by the media representation of female representation. This complaint is a premiere in the history of the umbrella organization of the Frauenhäuser Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Swiss radio and television report on a case that received and illustrate the challenges with which related people have to struggle when the trauma is raised again by media reporting. Media ethicists therefore call for responsible and sensitive reporting, which also takes into account the perspective of the victims.

In accordance with these considerations, neighbors of the woman killed in Hamburg have already started a call for donations for women's shelters who offer protection in acute lifelong protection. This shows how much the community stands together and campaigns for the protection of endangered women. It is important that we, as a society, look at the topics of female and violence against women not only in the context of massive incidents, but also create support for those affected and create more awareness of the early warning signals.