German police and the Austrian foreign ministry are investigating after a chopped-up body found in a river in Berlin was identified as an Austrian. Investigators in the capital city of Germany want to await the results of a DNA check. However, they announced today (Weds) that a friend of Raoul Schmidhuber, 31, identified the torso […]
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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 […]
Opposition leaders fear that the Austrian police force could become a “squadron of midgets” as the interior ministry plans to scrap a minimum body height rule for applicants.A spokesman for the federal interior ministry which is headed by Johanna Mikl-Leitner of the conservative Peoples Party (ÖVP) announced today (Tues) that the plan was […]
A young resident of Vienna-Wieden has died after slipping while having a shower.The nine-year-olds motionless body was found by her mum yesterday evening (Tues). The woman called an ambulance. Doctors managed to revive her before the child died due to severe head injuries at the citys SMZ Ost Clinic a few hours later.Meanwhile, a woman […]
Body discovered in Vienna forest
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A severely decayed corpse was discovered in a wood in north-eastern Vienna yesterday morning (Mon).Police in the citys Donaustadt district announced today they have asked for an autopsy of the male body which was found by a hiker in woodlands.A spokesman explained the putrid corpse was discovered lying under rubbish bags, adding that it could […]
Rotten corpse found in flat
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Police are investigating after finding a decayed corpse in an apartment on Saturday.The body was discovered after a police station in Vienna received an e-mail saying: “Please take care of my mothers body.”Johanna B. from Pforzheim in Germany was found lying under a blanket in an apartment in Vienna-Brigittenau. Investigators discovered forged documents in the […]
A worker suffered severe injuries when he plunged into a container of boiling water.The 39-year-old man from Kirchbach wanted to empty the cooling water basin at the Marienhütte steel factory in Graz, Styria, when he slipped and fell into it. He sustained second degree burns all over his body.The workers was transferred to the citys […]
Body found in Styrian forest
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Hunters have discovered a putrid corpse in woodlands in Styria, it has emerged.Police in the province announced today (Mon) that a group of hunters found the possibly male body under branches in a forest near Bärnbach.An autopsy set to take place later this week should reveal the dead persons identity and the reason of his […]
State prosecutors have ordered an autopsy after the body of a young man was discovered in a public toilet in Graz.Reports by local media have it that the 23-year-old, who was found lying on the floor of a public lavatory near the opera yesterday (Thurs), was addicted to drugs.The Federal Institute for Health said recently […]
‘Dr Death’ exhibits in Vienna
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The acclaimed “Körperwelten der Tiere” (Animals Body Worlds) exhibit by anatomist Gunther von Hagens has opened in Vienna.The exhibition, which will be on at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM, Museum of Natural History of Vienna) until 7 March of next year, gives a fantastic insight into the inner structures of animals bodies. It features 20 […]