Man crushed to death by dumb bell

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A man has been crushed to death during a weight training session when he dropped a 160 kilo dumb bell onto himself in Mettmach, Upper Austria. The 41-year-old father of one was training alone when the weights fell from his hand and landed on his neck. He was training in a private training room, which […]

Romanian Dracula bites Turk in Graz

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Sorin Ionescu, 39, from Transylvania in Romania has been arrested in the southern Austrian city of Graz after he bit a 23-year-old Turkish man in the neck when the pair got into an argument. Police said both were drunk and the Turkish man had to be hospitalised with neck injuries after the biting attack from […]

Hunter seriously injured by ‘friendly fire’

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A 48-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot by another hunter during a hare hunt in Upper Austria on Saturday.The hunter from Mistelbach in Lower Austria was hospitalised in Linz after the incident at the hunting outing near Vorderweißenbach in Upper Austria’s Urfahr-Umgebung district.He underwent emergency surgery on the same day […]

Tomcat survives bow and arrow attack

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A Styrian faces animal cruelty charges after shooting a tomcat in the neck using a bow and arrow.Two-year-old pet Mucki was seriously injured but survived yesterday’s (Tues) assault, according to police in St. Georgen an der Stiefing in Styria’s Leibnitz district.The 33-year-old offender saw red when he spotted the animal, which belongs to a next-door […]

Dad of 10 drowns cutting hedge

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A 74-year-old father of 10 drowned in a creek after he slipped and fell down an embankment cutting a hedge yesterday (Thurs).The pensioner was found by his wife who started looking for him when he failed to come in for lunch.The man was already dead when the horrified woman spotted him lying in a stream […]