General News, page 212

• Tyrolean teen trio missing since Sunday
  An intercontinental search has been launched after three Tyrolean teens went missing at the weekend.
• Addict posing as policeman takes people's cash
  A drug addict was arrested after posing as a policeman and "confiscating" money from passersby.
• UK had 20 Adolfs since WWII
  At least 20 babies born in the United Kingdom after World War Two were named Adolf, new research has shown.
• Obama mask robber still on the run
  Upper Austrian investigators have admitted they are clueless about the identity and whereabouts of an infamous Barack Obama mask-wearing bank robber.

• Gardening woman slips and drowns
  The body of an elderly woman was found in the Danube River near Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, yesterday (Tues).
• 'Rocky' chamois hospitalises hiker
  A 59-year-old hiker had to be hospitalised yesterday (Tues) after he was hit by rocks – dropped by a chamois.
• Cow dies in barn blaze
  A cow was burnt to death when its barn caught on fire in a Lower Austrian town yesterday afternoon (Tues).
• Berry collector finds body
  A nurse collecting berries failed to resuscitate an elderly man she found lying in a forest in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues).

• Jobless man devastates church interior
  An unemployed Styrian was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after causing havoc at a church Monday night.
• Elderly hiker dies after pal joins quicker group
  A hiking pensioner was found dead after his mate left him for a faster group of hikers in the Tyrolean Alps last night (Tues).
• Tutor sentenced for molesting teen students
  A private tutor has been sentenced to seven and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing his teenage students.
• Pensioner dead in pool for two weeks
  The body of a 91-year-old woman has been found in her pool - two weeks after she disappeared.

• Boozed-up driver asks police for directions
  A drunk pensioner lost her driving licence after asking policemen for directions.
• Vienna study links tinnitus to mobile phone use
  Mobile phone usage has been linked with tinnitus in a landmark survey.
• Confessional box auction offline after 'satanic' bid
  Catholic Church killjoys have ordered a parish to take its confessional box auction offline - right after the highest bid was exactly 666 Euros.
• Plane loses engine cowl during Vienna landing
  A Boeing 737 lost cladding parts during a landing procedure in Vienna, it has emerged.

• Neighbour confesses parrot shootings
  Upper Austrian police said a bird breeder’s neighbour has admitted killing three priceless parrots over the noise they were making.
• Chef's fingers stuck in pizza press
  A Tyrolean chef has been hospitalised after his hand was flattened by a dough squeezing machine as he made pizza.
• Mobbing victim sentenced for announcing killings
  A Vorarlberg man was ordered to undergo treatment at a psychiatric hospital after announcing a shooting spree at his former school.
• Lightning slays army mayor in Styria
  An army official was killed after being struck by lightning in Styria on Saturday night.

• Three hospitalised after whey-laden lorry rams car
  Three people were hospitalised after an articulated lorry crashed into an oncoming car on a Tyrolean pass road yesterday (Sun).
• Majority say asylum seekers 'more criminal than other people'
  Austria’s struggle to present itself as a non-xenophobic country is set to continue as a poll revealed almost one in two Austrians think asylum seekers are "dishonest".
• Vienna Fiakers forced to wait for sun blind another three years
  Viennese officials have admitted an eagerly awaited awning for Fiaker horse carriages will be erected, but with a three-year delay.
• Woman in clinic after trying to extinguish rubbish blaze
  A Vienna woman has suffered serious smoke poisoning while trying to put out a burning rubbish container.

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