General News, page 211

• German hooligans hospitalise pub-goers
  German football hooligans face charges after attacking pub-goers in Carinthia last night (Mon).
• Host throws bottle at 'lazy' waitress
  A Viennese publican faces charges after injuring a waitress with a bottle.
• Slave trader wanted by Austrian police arrested in Romania
  A Romanian man on the run from Austrian police for human trafficking was arrested in his home country, it has been announced.
• Novelist found dead in Danube
  The body of famed writer Brigitte Schwaiger was discovered floating in a river yesterday (Mon).

• Hunter spots struggling kite surfer
  A distressed kite surfer was rescued after a hunter spotted him floating in Lake Neusiedl yesterday (Sun).
• Drunk injured in bridge fall fleeing from sister
  A drunk Tyrolean suffered injuries when he fell into a creek bed – while running away from his worried sister.
• Mum sentenced over baby's bathtub death
  A woman who left her baby to drown in a bathtub has been given a suspended sentence by an Upper Austrian court today (Mon).
• Driver avoiding rabbit crashes into pond
  A young woman had a narrow escape as she drove into a lake – after trying to avoid a rabbit.

• Diesel thieves tap parked trucks
  Police in Burgenland are investigating after more than 2,000 litres were tapped from lorries in Wimpassing an der Leitha last night (Sun/Mon).
• Boy locks himself in mailbox
  A nine-year-old boy had to be freed by fire-fighters after locking himself into a post box in Upper Austria yesterday (Sun).
• Mugger beaten up by 97-year-old victim
  A robber fled after his 97-year-old victim beat him with her walking stick.
• Austrian tourist dies in Egypt car crash
  A Styrian holidaymaker was killed after his taxi was rammed by a lorry in Egypt yesterday (Sun).

• Policemen catch python
  Policemen were called out by hikers after they spotted a 1.30-metre-long snake near a mountain restaurant in Söll yesterday (Sun).
• Probably no Austrians among Love Parade dead
  Austrian authorities said today (Mon) they had no information about Austrians among the 19 people killed at a music event in Germany on Saturday.
• Teens nabbed after 42 cents loot job
  Three hapless teens hoping to nab a large haul were arrested after making off with less than one Euro from a Sunday paper’s cash box yesterday (Sun).
• Tourists' car lands on parked vehicles
  An Israeli couple’s rental car is a write-off after it plunged down a 20-metre cliff yesterday (Sun).

• Driver thinks undercover police action is armed holdup
  An attentive driver caused police-internal havoc by reporting a robbery which turned out to be an operation by plain-clothed officers.
• Six kangaroos and 52 birds in 1,300km truck ride
  A Bulgarian tried to smuggle six kangaroos and more than 50 birds from the Netherlands into his homeland, Austrian border officials have revealed.
• No school uniforms comeback in Austria, says minister
  Austrian Social Democratic (SPÖ) Education Minister Claudia Schmied has ruled out a reintroduction of school uniforms following a heated debate over the issue by German decision-makers.
• Austrian's €300,000 yacht wrecked by blaze in Croatia
  Insurance experts are set to investigate after an Austrian couple’s pricey yacht was devastated by a blaze last night (Thurs) in Croatia.

• Boy falls from first-storey window
  A two-year-old boy had a lucky escape after surviving a four-metre fall.
• Missing teenage trio nabbed in Italy
  Three Tyrolean pals who went missing at the weekend have been found enjoying themselves at an Italian holiday hotspot.
• Sick kids must wait for treatment in 40 degrees centigrade
  Officials have been urged to act after it emerged that ill children are being made to endure temperatures of 40 degrees centigrade while waiting to be seen by doctors at a Graz hospital.
• Policemen in trunks on lakeside patrol over thefts
  Police have decided to let undercover officers patrol one of Austria’s most popular lakes wearing only bathing trunks in a bid to crackdown on soaring pickpocket offences.

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