Two would-be robbers tried to escape the police by leaping into one of Europe’s largest lakes. The duo aged 14 and 16 were caught red-handed during an attempted break-in at a shop in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, last night (Mon/Tues). They initially managed to run away and tried to outrun the officers by jumping into Lake Constance […]
A trailer containing more than 20 tons of ketchup and mustard has been stolen in Lower Austria at the weekend, it emerged today (Mon). The articulated trailer, which was reported missing by a company, contained 21 tons of jars and bottles of ketchup and mustard. It disappeared from a car park near Stockerau owned by […]
An elderly man from Lower Austria is recovering in hospital after suffering a circulatory collapse while bathing in a lake in Burgenland yesterday afternoon (Sun). The 61-year-old was dragged out of the pond by witnesses, police in Ritzing said today. A doctor who happened to be among the bathers managed to resuscitate the man who […]
Two elderly women were saved from drowning after a car crash yesterday morning (Thurs). The car of the friends, both aged 72, came off the road for reasons unknown and fell into the Traisen River near Schrambach in Lower Austria. They failed to get out of the vehicle which quickly filled with water. Road maintenance […]
An Upper Austrian vet is accused of euthanising dozens of kittens. Animal rights organisation Vier Pfoten announced today (Fri) it had reported the woman to the police. The group claimed it had evidence that the medic put young cats down on a regular basis. Vier Pfoten argued that her actions breached federal laws prohibiting the […]
A 44-year-old man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in a clinic for mentally deranged criminals after attacking police officers with a machete. A special unit stormed the housing estate he lived in when a neighbour rang the police for help. The 26-year-old told police in Vienna-Leopoldstadt he had been physically […]
Two of the world’s most feared motorcycle crime gangs are on the radar of homicide investigators after an Austrian was cut into pieces in Berlin. A friend of tattooist Raoul Schmidhuber identified the discovered torso of the man due to his significant tattoos. Police divers found the body part in the Spree River a few […]
A German hiker died while being transported into the valley after an accident. The tourist dropped down a ravine on the Schönbichler Horn Mountain in the Tyrolean district of Schwaz yesterday (Thurs). Mountain rescuers were kept from using a chopper to get him to a clinic due to bad weather conditions. The 49-year-old – who […]
A coach was kept from continuing driving for having one wheel too few on Tuesday. The Czech passengers continued their journey back home in a replacement vehicle, traffic police said today (Thurs). The driver was fined after they found out the six-wheel coach lacked a back wheel. He argued having been incapable of fixing a […]
Styrian police are investigating after two women were approached by an exhibitionist. The man stripped in front of the females close to the banks of a reservoir outside the town of Edelschrott in Voitsberg district. He followed them as they ran away, but turned the other way when four strolling teenagers appeared yesterday evening (Weds). […]