General News, page 218

• Boy in clinic after window plunge
  A Styrian boy had to be hospitalised after falling out of a first-storey window this morning (Weds).
• Bike thief nabbed after cross-country chase
  Police have arrested a Slovakian cycle thief after pursuing him across three countries last night (Tues/Weds).
• Two Vienna swimmers die in 24 hours
  Two people have died while swimming in the city’s Neue Donau branch of the Danube.
• Pensioner falls to his death behind pub
  A Styrian pensioner has died after falling off an embankment behind his local.

• Old-age hiker dies in Tyrolean Alps
  The body of an elderly German hiker was found at the bottom of a rock face in Tyrol’s Karwendel mountain area this morning (Weds).
• Hash farm destroyed by defunct air con fire
  A massive cannabis farm set up illegally at a Vienna flat was devastated by a blaze yesterday (Tues).
• Helpful pensioner suffers fatal heart attack
  A kind-hearted pensioner has died of a heart attack after rescuing his neighbour’s life.
• Flying wheels put cyclists in clinic
  Two cyclists had to be hospitalised after they were hit by wheels falling off a driving lorry near Ybbs an der Donau yesterday (Tues).

• Two dead as car crashes into petrol station
  Two people died when a car crashed into a petrol station in Tyrol yesterday (Tues).
• Worker slips and lands on face
  A 43-year-old council worker suffered serious injuries as he slipped at a riverbed in Dornbirn yesterday (Tues).
• Body of missing sailor found after four-day search
  The body of an elderly sailor was found today (Tues) after the man went missing at Burgenland’s Lake Neusiedl last Friday.
• Bogus €2.8mn lawyer gets two years
  A lawyer who embezzled almost three million Euros of clients’ money and fled to Italy has been given a two-year sentence.

• Forest madness over hidden €5mn suspicion
  Hundreds of treasure hunters from all over the world are on their way to Austria over claims that millions of Euros are hidden in a wood.
• Eight in 10 priests want celibacy to end
  A vast majority of Austrian Roman Catholic priests want an end to mandatory celibacy, a new survey has shown.
• Bomb scare leads to mass evacuation in Linz
  More than 100 people were evacuated in a bomb scare in Upper Austria yesterday (Tues).
• Kampusch investigator commits suicide
  A leading crime investigator who made a name for himself while working on the kidnap case of Natascha Kampusch has killed himself, it has emerged.

• Snake couple hide in fuse box from the cold
  Two snakes have been freed after they were found hiding in a switch box in an Upper Austrian town.
• Early holiday hopes tempt primary school student to commit arson
  An eight-year-old boy tried to burn down his school after he was told there would be no classes if someone destroyed the building.
• Cats get a shaving as fur traders haunt Styria
  Cat owners in Styria have been advised by police to shave their pets after more than 50 cats went missing in two months.
• 'Tyred' thief falls asleep after robbery
  A snoozing Romanian was caught just minutes after he broke into a car parts shop in Upper Austria yesterday (Sun).

• Woman gives birth on clinic steps
  An Italian tourist has given birth on the car ramp of a Vienna hospital.
• Drunk train fare dodger jumps out of window
  A drunk Belarusian who smashed a carriage window and then jumped out when conductors asked to see his ticket has been arrested after found hiding out at a local football ground.
• Junkie admits 15 robberies
  A jobless Lower Austrian dubbed "Austria’s busiest robber" has been arrested after robbing a motorway rest stop.
• Styrian woman dies in deer-triggered car crash
  A teenage girl was killed when a deer jumped out in front of her car and sent it careering into a tree.

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