A Bosnian businessmans apartment in Vienna was stormed by a special police unit amid claims the man was fugitive war criminal Ratko Mladic.Bosnian newspapers reported that Avdo S., who settled in Austria 18 years ago, was woken up from his afternoon nap by a heavily armed police last weekend.Now Rudolf Gollia, a spokesman for the […]
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Radovan Karadzic has claimed he considered giving himself up to war crimes judges more than 10 years ago.The former Bosnian Serb leader who faces war crime charges at the Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the Hague in the Netherlands told Austrian magazine profil: “I was ready to appear in front of the […]
Taliban ‘use Austrian weapons’
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Allied forces fighting in Afghanistan found Austrian weaponry in raided Taliban hideouts, according to leaked files.Internet portal Wikileaks got hold of secret United States documents suggesting that troops operating in the crisis-stricken country discovered grenades and bomb throwers produced in Austria.Austrian officials stressed it would be illegal for companies in the country to sell weapons […]
UK had 20 Adolfs since WWII
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At least 20 babies born in the United Kingdom after World War Two were named Adolf, new research has shown.British family tree organisation Findmypast.co.uk announced today (Weds) that more than 20 newborns were given the same name as Austrian-born Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.The agency said the most recent registration occurred in 2005, adding that 320 […]
Hundreds had to be evacuated as explosives experts disarmed a 500-kilo World War Two-era aerial bomb in Vienna-Donaustadt this morning (Thurs).Police in the capital said they decided to evacuate several housing estates and the nearby Arbeiterstrandbad swimming pool which was packed at temperatures of around 30 degree centigrade before the interior ministrys team […]
WWII bombs found at AC/DC gig venue
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A team of explosives experts discovered two World War Two aerial bombs beneath a site where AC/DC are set to perform next month.Interior ministry officials said today (Tues) one of the missiles was defect while the other one did not have a detonator.Authorities announced that a beer crate from 1941 was found as well.Experts continue […]
The bodies of 77 people were probably buried by the Nazis on the grounds of Graz Belgier barracks, where the Nazi SS Wetzelsdorf barracks was located, it emerged yesterday (Weds).Social Democratic (SPÖ) Defence Minister Norbert Darabos presented news of the finding yesterday.Historian Dieter Binder, the chairman of the military history memorial commission, said the victims […]