A German has been convicted for firing at houses in Vienna-Hietzing with a slingshot.The 51-year-old was arrested after staff at a doctors practice informed police that the man was damaging the buildings facade last September.The weapon he was using was identified as a high-precision slingshot which has to be registered by owners in Austria. The […]
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‘Armed’ cowboy kid subdued by police
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Police pursued and overpowered a boy armed with a toy weapon, it has been revealed.Monika Pinterits, head of the Viennese childrens and teenagers attorneyship, said yesterday (Weds) police officers followed the nine-year-old after spotting him marching on a sidewalk, wearing a cowboy hat and carrying what turned out to be a plastic toy rifle. After […]
A Lower Austrian man faces charges for illegal possession of a weapon after he admitted having injured himself with a gun, it was announced today (Tues).The 33-year-old shot himself in the left hand as he tried out the weapon in an agricultural field near Sollenau on Friday. He drove to a nearby clinic for treatment […]
Teen hides WWII grenade in bedroom
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A teenager kept a World War Two grenade in his bedroom for more than a year, it has emerged.Police in Kuchl, Salzburg, said today (Mon) the 16-year-olds father informed them he had discovered the weapon under piles of clothing and comic books in a wardrobe when cleaning up his sons messy bedroom on the weekend.The […]