A former Central American police official has been detained in Upper Austria.Javier Figueroa the ex-federal police chief of Guatemala fled to Austria in 2007 after being accused of having been involved in the killing of at least 10 prisoners in 2005 and 2006. The executed convicts were accused of drug trading. Three of […]
SRS rider suspected of animal abuse
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An experienced equestrian of the world-famous Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule, SRS) has been accused of cruelty to animals.Viennese newspaper Heute reports today (Tues) that Ernst Bachinger rode a Lipizzaner at a performance show in Piber, Styria, despite concerns that the horse was sick. The daily claims a journalist enforced the SRS to admit that […]
Austrian-born Third Reich dictator Adolf Hitler is still a citizen of honour of a town in Lower Austria, it has been revealed.The Amstetten Green Party branch said today (Mon) that nothing has been done in this regard, adding that an officer of the German SS military force is still honoured in the same way.The party […]
Fire fighters had to rush to a blaze at the very moment a bridal couple walked through the guard of honour they had formed.The firemen formed a cordon outside the church in Pettenfirst, Upper Austria, for bride and groom – who is a colleague when the siren went off on Saturday.The motorised department of […]
Five would-be bank robbers were arrested after courageous clerks challenged them.Staff at the branch in Oberwang, Upper Austria, got involved in a scuffle with the gang, police said today (Fri) about yesterdays failed robbery.The wannabe bank robbers aged between 17 and 24 were caught a few minutes after the incident only a few kilometres […]
Confused duck family on motorway
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Police shut a busy motorway to rescue a disorientated family of ducks.Motorists called the local traffic police after spotting how the 12-member family were about to enter the busy three-lane A10 Tauern highway near Golling in Salzburg this morning (Fri).Police officers preliminarily closed the motorway in one direction to save the ducks lives. Three ducklings […]
Sleeping captain rams berthed ship
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Massive damage has been caused when a passenger ship crashed into a vessel in Lower Austria.Local shipping officials said today (Fri) the captain of the Swiss ship may have fallen asleep behind the rudder before running into a ferry near Orth an der Donau south-east of Vienna on Tuesday night. Repairs to both ships will […]
Kid injured by mower blade
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A young boy was hospitalised after being injured by the rotating blade of a lawnmower.The one-year-old child suffered serious injuries to his arms and upper body when his mum, 34, had an inattentive moment, police in Niedernsill, Salzburg, said today (Fri) about the incident in the familys back garden yesterday afternoon.Officials explained the woman was […]
Ten tenants hospitalised after fire
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Several residents of an apartment complex had to be treated for smoke poisoning after a blaze broke out on the building’s ground floor yesterday afternoon (Weds).The fire raged through a laundry shop in Vienna-Margareten. It is unclear what triggered the flames which subsequently filled the hallway of the whole building with smoke. Ten residents of […]
A district in Lower Austria has been identified as the area with the highest likeliness of fatal car crashes.The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) announced today (Thurs) that 2.7 fatalities per 10,000 residents occurred in the district of Scheibbs. This rate makes the region the most dangerous individual traffic zone of the country ahead of Reutte […]