Taxi driver stabbed to death by ex-boyfriend

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A taxi driver was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend yesterday evening (Tuesday) in Wörgl, Tirol, Austria. The 44-year-old man has admitted killing his 54-year-old former lover after being arrested at his apartment this morning (Wednesday). The 44-year-old farmer stabbed the women to death with a pen knife in the throat. The pair split around […]

Lorry driver fight escalates to knife-fight

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A disagreement between two truck drivers at a highway parking area ended in blood after one pulled out a bread knife at Weer in Tyrol. Around 21:30 the two men – one Romanian and one Bosnian – had a disagreement about a parking space, according to the police. The Bosnian, who had been having a […]

Woman threatens patients with a knife

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 A woman went on a rampage through a hospital in Linz, Austria, yesterday (Tues) with a 15 centimetre knife. Police were immediately called to the scene and prevented any bloodshed. At around 12.15pm police were notified of the woman’s attack. “The woman suddenly jumped out, revealed a knife threatened everyone in the waiting room with […]

Hungarian stabs boyfriend

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A Hungarian woman and her boyfriend had to be hospitalised after a violent night-time argument. The 30-year-old attacked her partner, 31, with a knife in their apartment in Wels, Upper Austria, last night (Sun/Mon). She suffered injuries herself in the brawl, according to local police. Officials are set to question the woman trying to find […]

Serial robber collared

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Police in Vienna have caught a criminal who threatened staff with a knife and a pepper spray in three robberies.Investigations into the recent series of robberies at a tanning salon, a sex video shop and a tobacconist’s in the district of Leopoldstadt led to drug addict Olaf K. The 23-year-old was put in custody yesterday […]

Romanian MP set for AKH surgery

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A Romanian politician is to undergo pancreas surgery in Austria, it has been reported.Online newspaper Romanian Times reports today (Thurs) that Democratic Liberal Party MP Teo Trandafir needs to go under the knife at Vienna’s General Hospital (AKH).The 42-year-old MP’s condition has worsened in the past days, according to the report. Trandafir – a former […]

Turk stabs compatriot with kebab knife

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Police in Leibnitz are investigating after a Turk was knifed down by a kebab shop owner yesterday (Mon).The seriously injured 34-year-old man is currently recovering at a local hospital. The suspect – a 29-year-old Turkish man – has been put in custody as investigations continue.Regional newspapers report that the men met to settle an ongoing […]

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 […]

Innsbruck woman puts Afghan into clinic

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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 […]

‘Mega happy’ mum murderer sentenced

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A teenage girl who stabbed her mum to death after an argument over internet-surfing got out of control was jailed for murder yesterday (Weds).Angelika D., 14, told the jury at Vienna Criminal Court that she had had no intention to end her mother’s life. But a psychiatrist’s report presented by prosecutor Christian Mayer concluded that […]