Upper Austrian police have arrested a man who is suspected of robbing more than half a dozen banks wearing a Barack Obama mask.Police officers caught the suspect hiding in woodlands in Vöcklabruck district after a bank robbery in the small town of Fornach yesterday afternoon (Thurs). The man, who is in custody, is accused of […]
Two people were hospitalised after falling from a roof this morning (Fri).Police in St. Georgen near Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria said a 32-year-old woman and a 47-year-old male acquaintance had climbed up on the roof to examine a leaky spot.The woman was dragged down by the man after he lost his balance and slid down […]
An Upper Austrian couple stand accused of having cultivated marijuana for over 10 years.Police searched the Vöcklabruck flat of the 42-year-old man and his 51-year-old girlfriend after having received an anonymous tip-off.The suspects admitted having grown the banned substance in the basement. Reports have it that they have been selling the drug to addicts for […]
One man was injured when a pensioner fearing a burglary shot at a group of friends trying to put up a poster to surprise his birthday-celebrating wife.Police in St. Georgen in Upper Austrias Vöcklabruck district said today (Thurs) the 78-year-old had fired several shots in the direction the noise was coming from in his houses […]
An elderly farmer was hospitalised after a hay bale smashed him against his tractor.The man, 64, suffered serious chest injuries as the 300-kilo bale suddenly rolled down from a stack knocking him against the vehicle in Pöndorf yesterday (Thurs).Police in the Upper Austrian district of Vöcklabruck said today the farmer was recovering at Salzburgs emergency […]