Police in Riga have detained a man suspected of causing a relative’s death after an alleged assault in a central apartment. In early November, a senior woman died from severe injuries. On 5 November, State Police received a call about the death of a pension-age woman in an apartment in Riga’s city centre. Officers found the woman dead on the floor, with signs of a violent death. Police arrested the woman’s relative at the scene. Investigators said the man lived in the same household, and that after the assault he called emergency services himself. The latest information indicates the woman died from polytrauma allegedly caused by repeated blows from the suspect. Officers also checked alcohol concentration in his exhaled breath and found he was 2.7 per mille drunk. The case is being investigated under the Criminal Law, Article 125, Paragraph 3, for intentionally inflicting serious bodily injury that, through the perpetrator’s negligence, resulted in the victim’s death. The offence carries a prison term of three to 15 years, with or without confiscation of property, and probation supervision of up to three years, or without it. Police continue working to establish the suspected motive. The case may be reclassified under another legal provision as the investigation develops. On 7 November, a court applied pre-trial detention as a security measure. The investigation is ongoing and the man remains in detention while police continue clarifying the circumstances.