A Slovakian gang accused of dozens of cash machine thefts in their homeland and in the neighbouring Czech Republic was not active in Austria, police announced today (Fri).A spokesman for the Federal Crime Office (BK) in Vienna said investigations to this point suggest that the five men who were arrested earlier this week […]
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French teens exposed as thieves
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Ten young Frenchmen are facing theft charges in Austria.The group of young men aged 17 and 18 were spotted stealing fashion items from a sport equipment store in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg. Police searched their lodgings at the ski resort after being informed about the crime yesterday (Weds). They discovered the stolen items, around 70 grams of […]
Police investigating the death of a Tunisian have arrested another man.Viennese officials said yesterday (Tues) that they have put Abdelmonam O. into custody. The man is suspected of having been involved in the killing of Mohamed T.The 69-year-old was rushed to a clinic after a passersby found him lying in a street in Vienna-Penzing on […]
Police have detained a woman suspected of having robbed and injured a taxi driver 10 years ago, it has emerged.Officials in Vienna said today (Weds) that the 39-year-old was arrested in the Lower Austrian district of Krems yesterday evening. She is in custody in Viennas Josefstadt prison awaiting a trial regarding the crime in Vienna-Währing […]
Upper Austria bans ‘aggressive begging’
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Certain forms of begging are now prohibited in six of Austrias nine provinces after a law made by Upper Austrian decision-makers went into effect today (Tues).The provincial government agreed earlier this month to make so-called aggressive and professional begging illegal as of 1 February. People being caught begging face fines and prison sentences.The decision comes […]
Cash and jewellery have been stolen from a flat in Linz while its tenant was fast asleep in the same room, it has been reported.Police in Upper Austria announced today (Weds) that the unidentified intruder, who is being sought, apparently entered the apartment by breaking down the front door.The criminal nicked around 450 Euros and […]
Family murder / suicide in Vienna
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A man killed his mum before committing suicide, police in Vienna said today (Weds).Officials announced that the bodies were found in puddles of blood in a flat in the Josefstadt district this afternoon. They said the man probably stabbed his mother with a knife, adding that more information would be given out later today or […]
Teen accused of break-in spree
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A Lower Austrian teenager is suspected of being behind a series of burglaries.The 16-year-old was put in preventive detention this morning (Thurs) following months of police investigations.Officials in Amstetten district announced the teen who faces youth crime charges was accused of being responsible for 28 break-ins in the area causing overall damages of […]
Viennese hotels have increased their prices following a record number of overnights in the first half of this year.Online hotel comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) announced today (Thurs) a double room in the Austrian capital cost 125 Euros a night on average this month, up from 113 Euros last month.The development means Vienna is currently the […]
Vienna police have announced plans to cooperate with the citys hotels more closely in a bid to tackle crime.Police official Walter Hladik said today (Fri) they would get in touch with all four and five star resorts in eight of capitals 23 districts to create tighter connections in an attempt to cut down the number […]