Butchers stole tons of meat to sell to Czech mates

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Austrian police have arrested two butchers from the Czech Republic who worked in a meat packaging plant on the border who used to sneak out into the car park at the back of their firm and throw meat over the fence where accomplices would load into the car and sell it across the border to […]

Beggars face 10 years for fake child cancer collection con

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Two Romanian conmen who claimed to be collecting money for critically ill children are facing up to 10 years in jail after they were arrested by police in Austria. Prosecutors say that the pair are part of a professional organised begging gang because they were spotted going from house to house at St. Jakob in […]

Cooked to Death

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Detectives investigating the horrific deaths of two men slowly cooked to death in a massive oven say that the pair had tried to rip the insulation off the wall of the oven and clawed at the door in a desperate bid to get free. The tragedy happened when the automatic door of the oven at […]

Duo in clinic after plane crash

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Two Germans have been injured after their light aircraft crashed near Mauterndorf. Police in the province of Salzburg said the pair were hospitalised after the incident this morning (Weds). They explained that the pair had been the only ones on board the Cessna light aircraft which plunged to the ground around one kilometres from the […]

Parents attack bullies outside school

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A Viennese couple may be prosecuted for attacking classmates of their daughter’s.The residents of Vienna’s Favoriten district confronted a group of three boys and one girl with their bullied child’s accusations after the end of lessons outside their school yesterday (Tues). When the teenagers ignored their questions, the adults became violent against them. The pair […]

Football fans beat up policemen

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Two people were arrested for attacking police officers after a top-flight football match.Martina G., 22, and 30-year-old Stefan M. turned violent against policemen assigned to ensure smooth procedures at the Bundesliga thriller between 32-time title winners Rapid Vienna and defending champions Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna-Penzing on Sunday afternoon […]

Tobacconist throws cigarette pack at armed robber

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A have-a-go tobacconist scared off an armed robber by throwing a pack of cigarettes straight into his face, yesterday (Weds).Graz police said the 56-year-old shop owner did not hesitate when the robber demanded money from him at gunpoint and chucked the pack of Gauloises straight into the gunman’s face.The would-be robber and his accomplice waiting […]