An Afghan man was hospitalised after he was knifed by a friend yesterday evening (Mon).The 31-year-old Austrian woman attacked the man, aged 20, with a knife after an argument got out of control. The incident occurred at her flat in Innsbruck, Tyrol.The victim was transferred to a local clinic with serious wounds to his thigh.Police […]
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A main road in Vorarlberg had to be closed down for around an hour after a farmer lost a trailer full of apples last night (Mon).The 46-year-old from Rankweil kept on driving after failing to notice that the rear flap of his tractors trailer had opened due to a technical error on the L190 motorway […]
Vorarlberg shaken by minor quake
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A slight earthquake occurred in Vorarlberg this morning (Mon), according to meteorologists.Viennas Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) announced the quake occurred at the border between the western province and Liechtenstein at 4.50am.ZAMG said the eruption reached 1.7 on the Richter scale, adding that it did not expect any reports of damage.The incident comes around […]
A pedestrian hit by a car was found being looked after by his wife following an accident in Upper Austria this morning (Mon).The 48-year-old man was thrown against a car windscreen when the driver failed to spot him and ploughed straight into the man as he was walking his dog Marchtrenk in the early morning […]
Farmer not fooled by fake policeman
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Upper Austrian officials are investigating after a fake police officer tried to fine a farmer.The man was stopped driving his combine harvester on a main road near St. Marien yesterday (Tues).The prankster on a road bike wearing a three-day stubble, sunglasses and a cycling helmet with a sticker saying “Polizei” (Police) checked the […]
Rapid Vienna officials face fresh pressure over revelations they paid for the flight tickets for two violent fans last week.The Birmingham Mail newspaper claims Rapid decided to cough up the cost of the air transfer of a pair of hooligans who missed their scheduled flight after being put in custody for assaulting a steward at […]
Tourist killed by bolting horse
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A French woman suffered fatal head and chest injuries when a bolting horse charged into her on Saturday, it has emerged.Officials in Hinterglemm, Salzburg, said today (Mon) the 73-year-old on holiday with her husband died in an ambulance on its way to a nearby clinic after the dramatic incident.Police said the 16-year-old Haflinger […]
Soldier shoots himself in the thigh
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A special commission is set to investigate after a solider shot himself in the leg yesterday (Weds).Deputy Salzburg military commander Johann Hehenberger confirmed today that a 23-year-old solider was hospitalised after a gun bullet entered his thigh in the incident which occurred at the Ramsau / Molln shooting range.Hehenberger added that a commission was set […]
Vienna cabbie ‘robbed pensioner’
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A Vienna taxi driver is being sought by police after attacking and robbing an elderly fare.Police in the capital said today (Weds) an 80-year-old woman had reported being punched by the cabbie when she took out her purse full of large bank notes to pay him last night (Tues/Weds). The pensioner said he then drove […]
Insurance experts are set to investigate after an Austrian couples pricey yacht was devastated by a blaze last night (Thurs) in Croatia.Owner Harald Kiefer, from Feldbach from the province of Styria, said today the Sea Ray vessel caught fire shortly after 7pm at a pier near the Hotel Adriatic in Vrboska on the island of […]