Another arrest in Tunisian murder case

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Police investigating the death of a Tunisian have arrested another man.Viennese officials said yesterday (Tues) that they have put Abdelmonam O. into custody. The man is suspected of having been involved in the killing of Mohamed T.The 69-year-old was rushed to a clinic after a passersby found him lying in a street in Vienna-Penzing on […]

Fake undercover investigator nabbed

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A fake policeman tricked at least three people into financially supporting his supposed fight against drug crimes.The German man was arrested in a hotel in Salzburg after two of his victims reported him to police when they realised what was going on. One of the victims lost around 10,000 Euros, according to police in Innsbruck, […]

Manhunt for man suspected of killing wife

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Police are hunting a Bosnian man accused of clubbing his wife to death.Miladin G. has been on the run since what is believed to be a wild argument at the family home in Pabing-Nußdorf, Salzburg, on Saturday. The man’s wife, 41, was found lying in a puddle of blood on the bedroom floor. A 50-centimetre […]

Brit skier ‘treated like a criminal’

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A skier from the United Kingdom who collided with an Austrian politician has claimed police treated him “like a criminal”.Andy Clough from Leeds did not sustain any injuries in the incident in the Schmittenhöhe ski resort, Salzburg, involving People’s Party (ÖVP) Member of the European Parliament Othmar Karas last Monday.Karas, who fractured his lumber vertebra […]

Over 100 TVs nicked from truck overnight

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More than 100 flat screen TVs were stolen from a parked lorry while the driver slept in its cabin.The 45-year-old driver stopped in a parking bay at a rest stop on the A1 western motorway near Roggendorf, for the night on Wednesday, police said today (Fri).Investigations were started yesterday after the man realised that all […]

Phaeton nicked in Austria found by Romanian police

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A Volkswagen (VW) limousine worth 100,000 Euros which was nicked in Austria has reappeared in Romania.Specialised car theft investigators of the domestic police force said today (Fri) that they had discovered the Phaeton in a garage in the city of Petrosani. The expensive limousine was reported as stolen by its owner in Austria two weeks […]

Serial snowboard thieves collared

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Two Dutch men are facing charges for stealing dozens of snowboards at a ski resort in Tyrol.Police in Ischgl – one of the most popular winter sport resorts in Europe – said today (Thurs) that the pair were caught red-handed as they tried to snatch boards left outside an après ski bar on Tuesday evening.Officers […]

Jobless man nabbed over €700 dinner riot

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An unemployed man has been arrested after he clocked up a bill of over 700 Euros at a posh restaurant but failed to pay.The 47-year-old had several courses and two bottles of wine at the Steirereck restaurant in Vienna-Landstraße yesterday evening (Weds).Managers of the award-winning eatery – considered to be one of the best restaurants […]

Post – police work switch flops as many fail grammar test

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Nearly half of all post office clerks applying to work for the police as part of a special labour exchange programme failed basic grammar and spelling tests, it has been announced.The federal interior ministry said today (Thurs) that 759 employees of state-owned postal services provider Post AG and mobile communication services firm Telekom Austria (TA) […]

Dad of vanished Brit criticises Austrian police

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A British man has hit out at police over their decision-making in investigating his son’s disappearance in the Austrian-German border region half a year ago.Christopher Miles, who lived in Zell am See in the Austrian province of Salzburg, was last seen in Ruhpolding, Bavaria, on 31 July 2010.The 29-year-old’s dad Nick Palmer-Miles, from Langar in […]