An elderly mans hand was cut off in a dramatic accident yesterday (Thurs).The resident of Kematen an der Krems in Upper Austria was splitting blocks of wood when his left hand was hacked off at the wrist. Local police said today it was unclear how exactly the accident happened, adding that the 82-year-old had many […]
A railway worker died in a dramatic work incident yesterday evening (Thurs), it was announced today.A spokesman for Federal Railways (ÖBB) said the 46-year-old mans right foot was squashed by a cargo train during shunting work at Gnigl station in the province of Salzburg.”The man managed to send off a radio message to inform his […]
An Austrian Airlines (AUA) plane had to abandon a take-off yesterday afternoon (Thurs) after a wheel dropped off.Fifty-six passengers were on the Fokker 70 jet bound for Vienna International Airport (VIA). Pilots decided to return to Franz Josef Strauss International Airport in Munich, Germany, after realising that one of the planes wheels plunged to the […]
The frequency of National Socialist activities is on the rise, new figures show.The justice ministry said yesterday (Thurs) that 741 people were reported for spreading neo-Nazi propaganda or engaging in crimes with a far-right political background last year, up by 39.5 per cent to 2009 when 513 such cases were dealt with by the police […]
An elderly Austrian lost almost 100,000 Euros in an internet scam, it has emerged.Police in Salzburg said today (Mon) that the 77-year-old man got in touch with them yesterday after having transferred more than 90,000 Euros to a bank account.The pensioner told officers that he was promised an undisclosed amount of money in an e-mail […]
A Styrian pensioner was beaten and chained up by a robber yesterday (Thurs), police in St. Margarethen an der Raab have said.The 75-year-old woman was in the bathroom of her house when a masked man suddenly appeared. The criminal, who did not say a word during the whole break-in, punched the woman in the face […]
An Upper Austrian woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for cutting down trees in her neighbours garden.The 28-year-old was in court in Ried im Innkreis yesterday (Thurs) for axing several spruces in her next-door neighbours back garden with a chainsaw last year. The actions were the final chapter in a bitter feud […]
A Viennese man bled to death after he fell into a glass cabinet yesterday afternoon (Mon).Martin B. was found lying in a pool of blood in front of the smashed case in his apartment in the Liesing district by firemen.A worried neighbour called the police after hearing an unusually loud noise coming from the flat […]
Investigations are underway after the body of a second-hand car dealer was found in a storage hall in Vienna yesterday (Sun).Police said today the 36-year-old from former Yugoslavia was shot in the head, adding that they did not find a weapon. The corpse was discovered by his family at an industrial estate rented by the […]
A Romanian holidaymaker was killed after leaping over a ski-jump yesterday (Mon).The 35-year-old woman was skiing down a piste in Kirchberg in Tyrols Kitzbühel district. She reportedly crashed against a snowboarding half-pipe after skiing over the jump set up for skiers.The tourist was already dead when a team of paramedics arrived via helicopter some minutes […]