A father who Caritas officals warned is facing death if he is extradited back to Chechenya has been forcibly sent home. Immigration officials in Austria had been urged to show leniency to the man as his pregnant wife and 10-month-old baby are being allowed to remain in the country but convictions for a fight in […]
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A life-size nude sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Antony Gormley has had its manhood removed with an angle grinder, say police in Kanisfluh, Austria. The work – on a mountain peak at more than 6,000ft above sea level – is one of 100 ‘suicide sculptures’ due to be returned to Britain after being on show […]
High amounts of lithium in tap water could keep the suicide rate low, a new study suggests.Researchers of Viennas Medical University (MedUni) found out that many areas with comparably higher amounts of the chemical element in tap water which can be consumed across Austria have a lower suicide rate than areas with less.The […]
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 […]
An Austrian tax evasion whistle-blower who was found dead in a jail cell in Switzerland hanged himself, it has been announced.Swiss officials said today (Thurs) an autopsy has shown that Wolfgang U. committed suicide by hanging himself with a TV cable. They also said that he left a farewell note, but refused to reveal what […]
A pensioner who faked his own suicide to escape a sex abuse trial was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday.A court in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, heard how Helmut B. was found alive and well at an Upper Austrian monastery months after being declared dead.The 68-year-old staged his own suicide by jumping off a […]