A Lower Austrian woman managed to keep her pregnancy a secret from her husband and work colleagues, it has emerged.The 40-year-old mother of five was found lying on her blood-soaked bed by her husband when he returned from work yesterday (Weds).The man called the police and an ambulance when he discovered the newborn in a […]
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Police are investigating after a Hungarian woman was killed under mysterious circumstances on a main road near Vienna last night (Weds/Thurs).Officials announced today the 38-year-old rang the police at around 10pm after having being “thrown out” of a car by a man on the S2 northern motorway near the Lower Austrian town of Süßenbrunn.A traffic […]
A praline placed at the front door of a mayors house was not poisoned, examinations have shown.Peoples Party (ÖVP) Rüstorf Mayor Pauline Sterrer informed police after discovering the chocolate delicacy earlier this month. Sterrer started getting threatening letters around two years ago, and the discovery of the praline triggered memories of the fate of a […]
Farmer not fooled by fake policeman
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Upper Austrian officials are investigating after a fake police officer tried to fine a farmer.The man was stopped driving his combine harvester on a main road near St. Marien yesterday (Tues).The prankster on a road bike wearing a three-day stubble, sunglasses and a cycling helmet with a sticker saying “Polizei” (Police) checked the […]
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 […]
Police are investigating after a man was electrocuted while working at a transformer station in Vorarlberg this morning (Fri).The 24-year-old suffered burns to his arms when he started his tasks at a 220 kilovolt line at a substation in Werben. He was hospitalised in Dornbirn.Police have said they are looking into the accident since the […]
An Austrian has been put in detention in Croatia after police discovered child porn material on his mobile phone.The Croatian Times reports today (Thurs) that the mans mobile phone was checked by police officers after residents in Banjol on the island of Rab reported him for filming passing children.Police decided to search his mobiles memory […]
A Viennese police officer faces the sack after ordering a parking violator to buy him a crate of beer instead of paying a fine.Judge Irene Mann heard yesterday (Weds) how the 28-year-old officer wrote on the ticket “That costs one beer crate” after spotting a police pennant inside the illegally parked BMW in the city […]
A teenager has been put in custody after stabbing a prostitute at his home.David U. called up an escort service for a prostitute to go to his flat in Viennas Favoriten district on Saturday.Romanian Nicoletta C. suffered serious injuries as the 15-year-old stabbed her more than 20 times. The 24-year-old woman managed to leave the […]
Teens may have caused hay blaze
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Two teenagers have been accused of setting dozens of hay bales on fire yesterday (Thurs).Officials in Prinzersdorf in the province of Lower Austria said today no one was injured when the 70-odd bales of hay burnt away on a pasture outside the town.Around 40 fire-fighters were kept busy for hours putting out the blaze, they […]