The pensioner is alleged to have pressed a pillow into the face of the bedridden man of the same age, and only let go of him after the intervention of a female resident and the nursing staff, reported the State Police Directorate on Saturday. The victim was unharmed. Both men suffer from dementia.

Neither the bedridden man nor the 85-year-old Austrian could be questioned yet. He is also suspected of having previously attacked an employee in the home with punches. The man is in a judicial institution on suspicion of attempted murder.

(APA/Red)

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