Vienna** is investigating the deaths of four women and a young girl within 24 hours.
On Friday, three women were stabbed to death by a man in a brothel in the Austrian capital. A suspect**.
Another woman and her daughter were killed in an unrelated incident. Investigators believe that the girl's father is responsible.
Activists described the day as "Black Friday" and called for urgent action to end violence against women.
At around 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT), three female bodies were found in a building in central Brigitteau after a witness called emergency services.
* Says the suspect is a 27-year-old Afghan national who was found hiding near a brothel with a knife in his hand.
The motive for the killing is unclear, but the man has been interrogated.
Earlier on Friday, a 51-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were found dead in an apartment in the Elderberg area, about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the site of another incident.
There is no indication that they are related.
* The search for the woman's husband, who is also the girl's father, is still ongoing as investigators suspect he may have strangled or strangled them.
* Spokesperson Philip Hasslinger said: "Preliminary investigations currently underway indicate that a blunt instrument was used. ”。
The leader of the women's policy department of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPO), Eva Maria Holzleitner, urged the federation to convene a crisis meeting to discuss femicide in the country.
"We mourn the women who have been killed, are considering survivors, and call for the eventual implementation of a national action plan to prevent violence in order to protect the lives of women in Austria," Ms Holzleitner said. ”。
Claudia Friburn, the leader of the umbrella group Austrian Women's Ring (OFR), wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that "this day will go down in history as Black Friday when five women died".
Between 2010 and 2020, about 319 women were killed in the country, mostly male or ex-partners, according to the latest data on the femicide rate in Austria, published by the Institute for Conflict Studies.
United** pledged to fight the problem, pledging nearly €25 million (£21 million) in 2021 for initiatives aimed at protecting women from violence.