Courageous citizens have rescued a pensioner from a raging river.The 65-year-old man lost his balance and fell over when he bent down to stroke his dog as he took the canine for a stroll along the Salzach River in the city of Salzburg yesterday afternoon (Tues).Three people did not hesitate to leap into the ice-cold […]
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An elderly Viennese man is accused of killing his wife.The 86-year-old resident of the district of Döbling was hospitalised with a gunshot wound to his head yesterday afternoon (Sun). Investigators assume that the pensioner who is understood to be in a serious condition tried to commit suicide after shooting his wife. The 90-year-old […]
Elderly man’s hand chopped off
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An elderly mans hand was cut off in a dramatic accident yesterday (Thurs).The resident of Kematen an der Krems in Upper Austria was splitting blocks of wood when his left hand was hacked off at the wrist. Local police said today it was unclear how exactly the accident happened, adding that the 82-year-old had many […]
Body of elderly woman found in river
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Police are investigating after the corpse of a 79-year-old woman was found in a creek in Salzburg.The pensioners body was fished out of a stream in the town of Thalgau around 9am this morning. Local officials said the woman, who was wearing just a nightgown, lived with several relatives nearby. They added it was still […]
A courageous pensioner scared away two muggers trying to rob the wife of an Italian diplomat, it has emerged.Maria Rosaria the spouse of Eugenio dAuria, the Italian ambassador in Vienna was attacked by two women in front of the State Opera in Viennas Innere Stadt district after a performance. The duo used pepper […]
An elderly fisherman had to be hospitalised after he broke his arm trying to climb a steep embankment with a ladder.The 83-year-old wanted to go fishing at the Gaflenzbach stream near the Upper Austrian town of Weyer with a friend yesterday (Weds). The pensioner fell more than two metres into the riverbed after losing his […]
A physically disabled pensioner defended herself and scared off would-be muggers with her crutch on Tuesday, police announced today (Thurs).The 70-year-old woman, who has difficulties walking, got out of a car outside a doctors office in Vienna’s Floridsdorf district while her carer looked for a parking lot.Two people a man and a woman […]
An Upper Austrian pensioner was trapped in her bathtub for four days, it has emerged.Police in Schärding said today (Mon) Maria Rauscher, 78, was freed when her daughter came to visit her on Saturday.The woman, who lives on her own, told her horrified daughter she could not get up after taking a bath on Wednesday.”I […]
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 […]
Elderly man drowns spending a penny
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A pensioner has died after he slipped while spending a penny close to a riverbank.Police in Peggau, Styria, said today (Tues) the 68-year-old had probably lost his balance while relieving himself on top of an embankment at the local Hammerbach creek.The mans body was discovered floating in the 40-centimetre deep water by a pedestrian last […]