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6.9.2024 - 10:50

The Zurich cantonal police have arrested an 87-year-old man in Effrettikon. He is alleged to have killed his 82-year-old partner. (symbolic image)
The Zurich cantonal police have arrested an 87-year-old man in Effrettikon. He is alleged to have killed his 82-year-old partner. (symbolic image)
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The Zurich cantonal police arrested an 87-year-old man in Effretikon ZH on Friday morning. He is alleged to have killed his 82-year-old partner.

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Shortly after 3.30 a.m., the man reported to the Zurich Protection & Rescue Operations Center that his partner was no longer breathing, according to the police. The emergency services then found the lifeless woman in the apartment in Effretikon.

According to initial findings, the Zurich cantonal police assume that the 82-year-old woman was killed. They arrested her partner as the suspected perpetrator.