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posted ago by Oh_Well_ian ago by Oh_Well_ian +62 / -0

Here is the REALITY based version:

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7995/migrants-rape-austria

Here is the FAKE NEWS version ( try not to puke ).

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/austria-raises-alarm-about-dramatic-femicide-plague/ar-AAST5Fv?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

After several particularly horrific cases among the killings were widely reported in the media, the issue of femicide is now squarely under the spotlight. In a small, wealthy country where violent crime generally is rare, a public debate has begun, galvanising activists and forcing politicians to act. "It's a really dramatic situation... It's incomprehensible," Maria Roesslhumer, executive director of a network of women's shelters, told AFP.

She cited an example from November of a woman beaten to death with a baseball bat. It was a particularly shocking case last March that forced the issue to the forefront. A 35-year-old woman, identified only as Nadine W., was beaten and strangled with a cable in a Vienna tobacco store by her 47-year-old ex-partner. He then poured gasoline on her and set her alight before leaving the shop and locking the door. She was rescued but died a month later from her horrific injuries.

In April, the 43-year-old owner of a craft beer store -- previously accused by a politician of harassing her with obscene messages -- was arrested for killing his former partner, a 35-year-old mother of two. Both men were given life sentences and sent to institutions for mentally disturbed offenders.

The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatovic, on a recent visit to Austria, called for "an ambitious and comprehensive approach" to "protect women's rights and gender equality".

She noted the Austrian gender pay gap -- just under 20 percent in 2019, according to Eurostat -- is among the widest in the EU.

"When you leave, all you've got is a plastic bag in one hand and a child in the other," Pfolz said. "You become a refugee in your own country," she added. But Pfolz knows that even when women are in the process of building a new life, they often still face threats from former partners. Her ex-husband would come to her new house and she remembered having to "lock myself into a room with my son because our lives were at risk". While she recognises that the issue of violence against women is now higher up the agenda, Pfolz still laments that "almost nobody even considers this a crime -- until it turns to murder".

This year was only a few days old before another shocking case hit the headlines -- a 42-year-old woman shot in the head and killed by her husband at their dinner table.