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Dessau-Roßlau (dpa / sa) - According to investigations in Dessau-Roßlau, a 71-year-old struck his wife several times with a hammer on the head of his wife - and then shot the 66-year-old in the face with a blank gun.

This was announced by the public prosecutor and the Dessau-Roßlau police inspection on Tuesday evening.

The woman was "so seriously injured" that she has to be treated in intensive care in a hospital.

The husband was arrested at the apartment on Tuesday morning after the crime.

According to the information, officials found two alarm guns and a hammer in the living quarters and seized them as evidence.

Further investigations into the attempted homicide continued.