The body of a Bosnian man suspected of clubbing his wife to death with an iron pole five days ago has been found.Miladin G.s corpse was discovered behind the wheel of his Audi Q5 yesterday (Thurs). The car was salvaged from the Salzach River just a few hundred metres from the family home in Pabing-Nußdorf […]
A Viennese man bled to death after he fell into a glass cabinet yesterday afternoon (Mon).Martin B. was found lying in a pool of blood in front of the smashed case in his apartment in the Liesing district by firemen.A worried neighbour called the police after hearing an unusually loud noise coming from the flat […]
A group of hikers were rescued unharmed after getting lost in the Vorarlberg Alps yesterday evening (Thurs).The five Germans called mountain rescuers after getting lost near Zürs am Arlberg when it got dark around 6pm. The group, who started their walk around midday, were soon discovered and transported to the valley with a helicopter.The men […]
The Austrian government has decided to contribute millions of Euros to the preservation of a concentration camp memorial in Poland.The Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Peoples Party (ÖVP) announced yesterday (Tues) that the Republic of Austria will support maintenance and renovation activities at the grounds of former Nazi death camp Auschwitz.Up to three million people […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has cancelled a trip to his homeland following the death of his father-in-law, it has been claimed.Austrian newspapers have it that the former governor of California decided to stay in the United States to support and console his wife Maria Shriver as her dad Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. passed away at the age […]
A Lower Austrian who called help for his injured father could have killed the man, according to police.Officials in Schwechat near Vienna said today (Thurs) the 48-year-old was put in custody after ringing up the local police department this morning. The man asked officers to send an ambulance as his 78-year-old dad was “seriously wounded”.Paramedics […]
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 […]
Murder investigations have been launched over the death of an old peoples home resident.The 82-year-old pensioner died four days after being brought to the LKH clinic in Graz last May. It was reported that he had strangulation marks around his neck when he died.A new medical opinion suggests that the injuries were caused deliberately.Chief investigator […]
A climber faces involuntary manslaughter charges over the death of a colleague.Prosecutors started investigating today (Tues) after a 21-year-old Styrian passed away on Saturday due to the serious he suffered in a 12-metre fall at a climbing hall in Graz last Wednesday.His friend of the same age is accused of being responsible for the death […]
Up to one out of three deaths in Upper Austrian are down to a sepsis, a leading doctor has claimed.Walter Hasibeder of the Barmherzige Schwestern Clinic in Ried im Innkreis said today (Weds) the cause of between every fifth to every third fatality was the inflammatory syndrome.Hasibeder stressed that the medical condition was often diagnosed […]