Pepper spray ends Turkish airline protest

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Police were called after Kurdish demonstrators burst into the Turkish airlines office in the first district of Vienna. In total ten activists stormed the office the Operngasse 3 in the late afternoon and the protest ended when one of the staff at the airline used a pepper spray that left several people hospitalised. The activists […]

Pedestrian dies after being hit by car

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An elderly woman was hit and killed by a car as she attempted to cross a road. The 64-year-old local resident wanted to cross a street in Geiersberg, Upper Austria, when she was knocked to the ground by an approaching vehicle this morning (Thurs). She wore dark clothes and did not use a pedestrian crossing, […]

Girl hit by car in Vienna

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A 10-year-old kid had a lucky escape as she got away with just a few bruises when a car knocked her down in Vienna. The girl crossed the street at a pedestrian crossing against red yesterday afternoon (Weds), officials in the district of Margareten said today. She suffered serious bruises when a car – driven […]

Cows rescued from fire

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Twenty cattle were saved after lightning struck at a farm in Lower Austria. Eleven fire brigades consisting of 130 men managed to herd the animals out of the barn just in time. The fire fighters also ensured that the flames would not spread to the adjacent house of the farming family. No one was injured […]