Parents in focus

Baby with head injury brought to hospital in Lower Austria

The child was taken to hospital with injuries to his head. The parents are now the focus of the investigation (symbolic image).

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Shock in Lower Austria: A baby just two months old has been admitted to the Wiener Neustadt Regional Hospital with serious head injuries. There is no danger to life. The boy's parents are now under investigation.

According to the public prosecutor's office in Wiener Neustadt, there is a suspicion of shaking trauma. The boy's parents have been charged. They are being investigated for intentional grievous bodily harm and continued violence.

Expert opinion is now being obtained
The two-month-old infant was taken to hospital "at the end of the previous week", said Erich Habitzl from the public prosecutor's office. Due to the child's injuries, the hospital filed a complaint. An expert opinion on the origin and severity of the injuries is now being obtained. It will take "a few weeks" before this is available, and findings will also have to be provided.

Parents were not arrested
However, the parents are not in prison or in custody. There is "no urgent suspicion against a specific person", emphasized Habitzl. The suspects live in a multi-person household. The boy's parents also have another child. "The youth welfare agency has been informed and will make the necessary decisions," said the spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office.