Woman dragged into car

Home country was the reason for kidnapping Neo-Linz woman

The handcuffs clicked for the kidnappers (symbolic image).

(Bild: stock.adobe.com)

A 44-year-old man, with the help of his two sons, allegedly dragged his wife (43) into the car with brute force in order to take her to Croatia against her will. The men's motive is now clear: The 44-year-old did not want to return to his old home country without her.

The couple were already separated, but a 44-year-old Croatian man did not want to return to his old home country without his wife. The 43-year-old wanted to stay in Linz.

This was apparently the background to the abduction of the neo-Linz woman. As reported, a witness had filmed how the 43-year-old was apparently taken into a car against her will in the south of Linz. Without weapons, but with brute force. The 44-year-old is also said to have been helped by the couple's two sons (17, 18) to get the mother into the car.

She apparently did not have the courage to put up any further resistance and did not have the opportunity to flee or alert other road users to her situation as she drove south on the Pyhrnautobahn.

Car stopped near Graz
If a witness had not filmed the kidnapping on his cell phone and reported it to the police, the kidnappers would probably have been successful and the woman's absence would not have been noticed until after the weekend at the earliest. The older son had stayed in Linz and would have been able to fend off inquiries. The police arrested him in the apartment, after which the cell phone of a car occupant was located and the car was stopped south of Graz. The 44-year-old and his son (17) did not put up any resistance, the 43-year-old was unharmed.