Tobacconist set on fire

She was looking for happiness – and found death

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At first, Nadine W. thought she had found the man she had always longed for in her boyfriend. She thought he was a prince charming. Until he began to control her around the clock. In the end - he burned her.

Nadine W.'s fear must have been incredible. On March 5, 2021, when she was standing alone in her tobacconist's in Nussdorfer Straße in Vienna-Alsergrund and her boyfriend, Ashraf A., entered the small store at around 11.45 a.m.; he then locked the door to it in record time and lowered the rolling bar.

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