A trainee firemen, 16, has admitted starting several blazes at Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria because he enjoyed the thrill of being involved in the emergency call to extinguish the fires. He was caught because police became suspicious after he was the one that discovered most of the fires. The fires had started […]
Klaus Kröll has broken his leg in a motocross accident. The skier underwent surgery at a hospital in Krems, Lower Austria. His doctors say Kröll will be discharged within the coming days. The downhill specialist announced yesterday (Weds) he planned to undergo a rehab programme in the next six to eight weeks to get in […]
A Carinthian farmer sustained severe facial injuries in a forestry accident yesterday (Mon).The 58-year-old was working on his own in his woodlands near Steinfeld in the province Spittal an der Drau district when he suddenly lost control of his chainsaw. The saw flipped up and slashed his jaw.The man managed to drive himself to his […]
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 […]
An elderly Upper Austrian man who shot at a house in New Year’s Eve claimed he “forgot” that the building was located in the direction he fired at.Police in Wels have been investigating after a bullet went through the window of a familys flat in Wels shortly before midnight on New Years Eve. The horrified […]
An Austrian is to head a new university in Oman.Johann Günther will become headmaster of the University of Buraimi which opens next month, it was announced today (Mon).The institute will start with a “test year” offering courses to around 300 students in October before around 10,000 people can sign up for lectures from autumn 2011.An […]