Cold case review and Facebook catch supsected killer

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Austrian police used Facebook to help catch a suspected killer after a cold case review revealed that the man they wanted had left the country and was now living in Australia. Student Daniela Kammerer was killed by a knife in a telephone kiosk in an Innsbruck park on 23rd of June 2005. At the time […]

Underground rape suspect arrested in Graz

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A man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman on an underground line during rush hour in the Austrian capital has been arrested in Graz, Styria. The 25-year-old man from Vorarlberg was recognised at a tram stop by an eyewitness and then arrested and detained in Graz. The young woman boarded the train at the underground […]

Three drug dealers apprehended in Styria

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Burgenland police have smashed a drug ring after the arrest of a Mr Big and then a few hours later rounding up his henchmen. The three were said to have sold drugs for at least 30,000 Euros. The 25-year-old suspect not named for legal reasons was found in Styria by Burgenland police investigators, and turned […]

Indictment on 200 knife thrusts killing presented

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State prosecutors have submitted a bill of indictment over a murder in which a student stabbed his ex-girlfriend 200 times.Prosecutors in Vienna said yesterday (Thurs) they will ask judges to detain Philipp K. in an institution for deranged criminals. The 22-year-old is accused of killing his former girlfriend Stefanie P. by stabbing her around 200 […]

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 […]

Teen stabs prostitute more than 20 times

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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 Vienna’s 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 […]

‘Torched prostitute’ suspects arrested

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A Romanian man accused of setting a prostitute on fire in a feud over protection money payments was arrested yesterday (Weds).Vienna police said today Adrian Bogdan “Cretu” Negrei, 29, from Cluj-Napoca has been put in custody after a team from the special police unit Cobra stormed a flat in Alsergrund district yesterday.Officials said another wanted […]