Styrian pensioner drowns in well

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Styrian police said today (Thurs) a pensioner drowned in a well on Tuesday evening.Officials in Krusdorf in the district of Feldbach announced the 78-year-old’s body was found by his wife. They added the elderly man had supposedly lost balance as he died instantly after plunging down eight metres.His wife told officers he had been busy […]

Main ‘torched prostitute’ suspect not caught, say police

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Police have dismissed reports that a major prostitution Mafia player accused of torching a prostitute has been arrested.Viennese investigators announced today (Thurs) that the man caught in the Dutch city of Amsterdam earlier this week was not Romanian Adrian Bogdan Negrei but his cousin Nico Negrei.Police said the main suspect of the incident in front […]

Woman kidnaps baby as mum tries on clothes

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A woman from Salzburg was reunited with her baby five hours after the girl was kidnapped at a shopping centre.Nina Zwilling was in an H&M store in Salzburg’s Europark mall when she noticed that baby Nora was no longer in her cradle yesterday morning (Weds).The mother-of-three – who was also accompanied by her two-year-old boy […]

Vienna woman ‘spent last holiday in Italy’ after fake bag fine

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A Viennese woman has warned this year’s holiday was her last in Italy after she was fined for buying a fake designer handbag.Ursula C. was slapped a 1,000-Euro fine after she admitted having paid seven Euros for a forged Luis Vuitton bag offered by a vender at the beach of Adriatic hotspot Jesolo last week.The […]

Evacuation as 500-kilo WWII bomb found in Vienna

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Hundreds had to be evacuated as explosives experts disarmed a 500-kilo World War Two-era aerial bomb in Vienna-Donaustadt this morning (Thurs).Police in the capital said they decided to evacuate several housing estates and the nearby Arbeiterstrandbad swimming pool – which was packed at temperatures of around 30 degree centigrade – before the interior ministry’s team […]

Austrian nabbed over secret cannabis plants in the Netherlands

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An Austrian and his Dutch girlfriend were arrested after police discovered more than 500 marijuana plants at their home’s attic yesterday (Weds).Officials in the Dutch city of Kerkrade announced today the man, 46, and his 36-year-old partner were accused of illegally selling cannabis. They added a special police squad stormed the house after having received […]

Austrian clubs Czech love rival to death

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An Austrian has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Prague court for beating a love rival to death.Judges at a court in the Czech capital heard yesterday (Tues) how the Austrian truck driver kidnapped the 21-year-old man after finding out that the Czech had met his girlfriend.The defendant, 41, however accused the […]

Romanian ‘who torched prostitute arrested’

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A Romanian gang leader suspected of setting a prostitute on fire in Vienna has been arrested in the Netherlands, according to newspapers.Viennese dailies report today (Weds) that Adrian Bogdan Negrei was caught in the city of Amsterdam while potential accomplices were still being sought. Police have not yet commented on the claims.A Europe-wide hunt for […]

Hash plant discovered as renter welcomes police

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Lower Austrian police have said they discovered a cannabis farm in a flat after smelling marijuana when they were at the building investigating a different case.Officials in Krems district said today (Tues) Maria Laach two policemen asked a resident whether they could check his apartment after they noticed the suspicious odour at a housing estate.Police […]

Georgian threatens Graz crane jump

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A Georgian threatened to jump off a crane in the city centre of Graz over unpaid social subsidies today (Weds).The 46-year-old told police he would commit suicide if Styrian officials did not pay up allegedly overdue benefits.Police closed down Andreas Hofer Square, and chief negotiator Eduard Hamedl was lifted up on a platform to speak […]