Rejected trio stab bouncer

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A 22-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed by rioters at the weekend. The trio attacked the doorman with their knifes after he threw them out of a night club in Vienna’s Donaustadt district on Saturday night. His condition is serious, according to doctors. Three other people were also injured when […]

Workers discover WWII bomb

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Explosives experts of the Federal Crime Office (BK) were called after employees found a bomb at a company estate in Vienna. The discovery was made in Vienna’s Donaustadt district yesterday afternoon (Mon), police said today. Officials remained tight-lipped over whether the object – identified as a World War Two (WWII) aerial bomb – could have […]

Hungarian refuses to let go of stolen car

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A Hungarian was dragged along for more than 100 metres by a car during a robbery at the weekend.The businessman was loading the trunk of his Mazda in Vienna-Donaustadt when a masked criminal approached him from behind on Saturday morning. The attacker got behind the wheel after the Hungarian ignored his appeals to hand over […]

Vienna street to be named after ‘Tiger’ Zeman

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Vienna officials announced today (Tues) that a street will be named after Rapid Vienna legend Walter Zeman.A ceremony to mark the naming of the street in Donaustadt district will take place on Friday.Zeman is regarded as one of Austria’s best goalkeepers of all time. He played for Rapid between 1945 and 1961 and was called […]

Chilean guilty of 56 break-ins in two months

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A 28-year-old Chilean man broke into at least 56 apartments in Vienna-Donaustadt and Vienna-Floridsdorf between November 2009 and January 2010, police said today (Fri).Police arrested Humberto A. on 12 January after a passerby saw him enter an apartment from its balcony and called them.Police said the break-ins had resulted in damage amounting to 300,000 Euros.