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 Viennas 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 […]
Kampusch admits fear of being a mum
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Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has revealed she is worried about whether she will be a mother one day.The 21-year-old told Austrian weekly magazine News: “Kids, family thats very complicated. It has a lot to do with responsibility and there would, of course, be fears something could happen to my children.”Kampusch said it was […]
A Romanian woman broke her back in a freak accident at the Red Bull Flugtag competition in Bucharest yesterday (Sun).The 26-year-old was part of a team who made a piano-like flying machine which was pushed off a six-metre drop above the Dambovita River running through the Romanian capital.Her back was fractured after the object failed […]
Teens may have caused hay blaze
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Two teenagers have been accused of setting dozens of hay bales on fire yesterday (Thurs).Officials in Prinzersdorf in the province of Lower Austria said today no one was injured when the 70-odd bales of hay burnt away on a pasture outside the town.Around 40 fire-fighters were kept busy for hours putting out the blaze, they […]
More than four in 10 Austrians think immigrants receive preferential treatment compared to the countrys citizens, a new study has revealed.Pollsters IMAS said today (Fri) 42 per cent of the 1,000 Austrians they interviewed complained foreigners, asylum seekers and immigrants were treated better by authorities than themselves.The research results come just weeks after Viennese agency […]
A 22-year-old Viennese locked away his wife for more than seven months, it has emerged.Mario Hejl, a spokesman for police in the capital, confirmed a report by daily Heute today (Thurs). Hejl explained: “Vienna police deliberately decided not to make the case public since it was considered unsuitable.”The spokesman said the suspect had been arrested […]
A postman has quit after more than 1,000 letters were found in his car.The 21-year-old told bosses he had “lost the overview” after the undelivered mail was discovered by police during a random traffic check in Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday (Weds).Officials said some of the letters the man had been hoarding in his vehicle had […]
More new drivers last year
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The number of people passing driving licence examinations edged up year on year in 2009, it has been reported.Statistik Austria announced today (Thurs) that 90,100 people had received licences to drive cars last year, three per cent more than in the previous year.The state agency added that most licences had been handed out in Lower […]
U2 ticket fraudster arrested
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A 34-year-old Hungarian trying to flog fake U2 tickets has been arrested.Officials in Salzburg said today (Thurs) the man was travelling to Munich by train yesterday where the Irish rock giants appeared last night.His belongings were checked when police found out that he was banned from staying in Austria due to his criminal record.Officers discovered […]
Hash grower nabbed in Carinthia
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A dimwit Carinthian growing marijuana on a pasture close to a popular recreation area faces drug charges after being caught red-handed by police.Officials in Spittal said today (Thurs) the 20-year-old had harvested cannabis on a pasture near the Drau River meadows. Police, who confiscated several drug-producing devices, have already informed prosecutors who are set to […]