Police pursued and overpowered a boy armed with a toy weapon, it has been revealed.Monika Pinterits, head of the Viennese childrens and teenagers attorneyship, said yesterday (Weds) police officers followed the nine-year-old after spotting him marching on a sidewalk, wearing a cowboy hat and carrying what turned out to be a plastic toy rifle. After […]
Up to four out of 10 teens may have experienced bullying on the internet in some way, an expert has warned.University of Vienna project assistant Margarita Köhl said today (Thurs) various recent studies suggest that 20 to 40 per cent of Austrian children and teenagers have made experiences with so-called cyber bullying. Köhl pointed out […]
A Viennese teenager has been missing for one month, police have said.Officials in the federal capital announced today (Fri) that Karin P. never returned after leaving the family home in the city centre of Vienna on 10 January.The black-haired 15-year-old, who is 155 centimetres tall, occasionally phoned her family after that day. One investigator said […]
Three Tyrolean pals who went missing at the weekend have been found enjoying themselves at an Italian holiday hotspot.Police in Fieberbrunn said earlier this week they had ruled out a crime after Peter R. and Sandro K., both 14, and Adlan M., 15, disappeared last Sunday after speaking to their parents who stressed there had […]
A 25-year-old deranged university student was arrested last night (Weds) after he tried to kill his father.The Vienna resident drove to Bad Gams, Styria, where his parents live to ambush his father wearing a camouflage-coloured combat uniform.Local police said today the physics student severely injured his 57-year-old father as he stabbed him in the back […]
A four-year-old boy was reunited with his parents after he left home “to visit his babysitter”.Officials in Villach, Carinthia, said today (Tues) police officers picked up the child around two kilometres from his home. He told the policemen he wanted to visit his babysitter in the neighbouring town.The boys worried parents had called police after […]
The vast majority of Austrian mothers and daughters feel left alone by politicians, a survey has found.Vienna-based research agency Karmasin who interviewed 500 parents in March and April revealed today (Thurs) that 82 per cent felt “let down” by politicians when it comes to support for their situation.Austria has been criticised in various […]