A 50-year-old woman from Lower Austria has received a suspended jail sentence for shooting an elderly woman by accident. The 77-year-old woman was at the offender’s home to have her hair done before attending a birthday party. She was hit by a bullet into the neck while sitting under a hood drier when the hobby […]
Boar ends up in cesspit
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Fire fighters called to save a couple from drowning in a cesspool found a wild boar stuck in the mud. Firemen rushed to a farm in Thalheim near Wels in Upper Austria yesterday (Thurs) after a caller claimed the owners of the estate were about to die in a liquid manure tank. However, all the […]
Manker fined 3,200
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An appeal court has confirmed a fine issued to director, actor and author Paulus Manker. A theatregoer took the controversial artist to court for taking her mobile phone during a performance of “Alma – A Show Biz ans Ende” at the former Viennese telegraph office. The Russian woman said she had been unaware of the […]
Gas gun gang caught
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Two young Upper Austrians injured moped riders with a gas-powered gun, it has emerged. The men, both aged 19, were tracked down but not arrested, officials in Steyr-Land district said yesterday (Mon). They face bodily harm charges. The duo reportedly admitted firing steel bullets at two people riding mopeds. The riders were slightly injured. Police […]
A 38-year-old Croatian has been arrested for selling drugs in Carinthia and Salzburg. Police in Villach, Carinthia, announced today (Tues) the man was put in custody last week. They said he dealt with “large amounts” of cocaine, explaining that he added milk powder before selling the illegal substance to his clients In related news, police […]
Soldier suspended over swastika flag
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An Austrian soldier faces a trial for buying flags showing banned Nazi era signs and slogans while participating in an international peacekeeping mission. A spokesman for the defence ministry said today (Tues) a colleague of the militiaman informed superiors when he showed the items to him while on patrol at the Golan Heights in Syria. […]
An Austrian may have spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Manfred B. called the police after discovering the body of prostitute Heidemarie Mayerhofer at her flat in Salzburg in November 1980. The pimp, who was 29 at the time, was considered a suspect when police were told he […]
Radical Islamist is at it again
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A young Austrian sentenced to jail for endorsing terrorism may face charges after championing radical Islam just weeks after being released from prison. Mohammed M. was ordered to spend four years behind bars in 2007 after mulling over a terror attack in Austria during the Euro2008 football tournament in an online video. He was released […]
A 2,000-square-metre warehouse of a cooking oil company burnt down in Lower Austria keeping 150 fire fighters on their toes. Police estimated that the major blaze that started in Deutsch-Wagram in Lower Austria’s Gänserndorf district on Tuesday afternoon caused an estimated damage of one million Euros. Franz Resperger, spokesman for Lower Austria’s fire fighters stressed […]
Four prisoners escaped this (Fri) morning from Hirtenberg prison in Lower Austria’s Baden district. Two of them were caught 20 minutes after their escape, a grand scale search for the other two is being conducted by a joint effort of 80 justice officials and police staff and a helicopter from the interior ministry. The four […]