Break-in at tack shop

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Police are investigating after horse-riding equipment worth tens of thousands of Euros had been stolen from a shop in Lower Austria.Officials in Lassee in the district of Gänserndorf said today (Weds) unidentified burglars made off with horse tacks and various other items from the store on Monday night.The stolen items are worth around 60,000 Euros, […]

Vienna woman gets stuck in shower

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An elderly woman was freed by firemen using special cutting equipment after getting stuck in her bathroom.The 70-year-old called for help when her arm got entangled in the sliding door of her cubicle shower yesterday (Tues), police in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt district said.She was freed unharmed after a neighbour called the local fire brigade.

Fritzl cellar could be filled with concrete

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A basement in which a 75-year-old man kept his own daughter for more than 24 years as his personal sex slave could be filled with concrete.Lawyer Walter Anzböck suggested today (Weds) to pour cement into the cellar chambers of the estate in Amstetten, Lower Austria, where Josef Fritzl raped his daughter Elisabeth, 46, more than […]

Cashpoint crooks caught

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Police arrested two men suspected of channelling banknotes into manipulative devices at cash machines.The duo allegedly set up thin metal plates at cash machines at a cash terminal in Laaben in Lower Austria – where they were arrested yesterday (Tues) – to get hold of cash withdrawn by bank customers.It is unclear how much money […]

Body parts in buckets of cement found in cellar

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Horrified plumbers called the police after finding body parts in buckets of dry cement in a basement.The workers were ordered to lay new gas and water pipes in the cellar of the housing estate in Vienna-Meidling when they made the terrifying discoveries on Monday afternoon. Police evacuated the basement to search for clues.Forensic investigators are […]

Silo plunge puts man in clinic

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A 37-year-old man was hospitalised with undisclosed injuries after falling into a silo in Pöttelsdorf, Burgenland.The worker was ordered to close a ventilation shaft on the silo’s roof on Monday. He slipped and fell around 10 metres after refusing to follow company rules and use a safety belt. His landing was softened by a few […]

Bikers end up in building pit

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Two motorcyclists were hospitalised after plunging into a building excavation.The men, aged 41 and 21, apparently failed to notice warning signs and barriers erected ahead of the construction site on Monday evening. The friends crashed through the road blocks set up by workers on one lane of the B45 main road near Zellerndorf before ending […]

Deaf cyclist killed by train

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A deaf woman died after she was hit by a train yesterday (Tues).The 57-year-old attempted to cross a railway track with her bicycle when a regional train approached, police in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, said today.Officials said the train driver carried out an emergency braking attempt when he spotted the woman. However, this failed to […]

Boozed-up school bus driver causes accident

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A school bus driver was found nearly four times over the drink and drive limit after an accident on Monday.Police in the Styrian district of Judenburg announced today (Weds) that the woman – who got away uninjured – needed counselling after the crash in which three children aged eight and nine were injured on Monday.The […]

Bull knocks down farmer

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A bull will be slaughtered after he put an elderly farmer into a clinic, officials in Vorderstoder said today (Weds).The animal knocked the 60-year-old man to the ground at his farm in the town in Upper Austria’s Kirchdorf district yesterday evening (Tues). The farmer’s son, 28, managed to get clear by leaping over a fence.The […]