Incest monster Josef Fritzl’s house of horror is to be torn down this week.The house on the Ybbsstrasse in Amstetten, Austria, became a world-wide symbol of evil when it was revealed that perverted Fritzl had kept his daughter Elisabeth there as a sex slave for 24-years in a secret dungeon under the family home.The liquidator […]
Farmer dies under tractor
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An elderly farmer died after his tractor fell on top of him as he worked in a forest in Upper Austria.The 80-year-old was already dead when he was discovered by a hiker in woodland outside Pfarrkirchen in the provinces Rohrbach district this morning (Fri). Police said he might have died instantly after the vehicle overturned […]
Fake doc in court next week
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A German who faces five years behind bars for letting a woman die when he posed as a doctor will stand trial next week, it was announced today (Fri).Prosecutors will press negligent bodily harm charges against the professional actor who faked documents to be assigned as an emergency medic by institutions in Vienna and Lower […]
Flat screen TVs nicked from truck
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Dozens of TV sets have been stolen from a lorry in Lower Austria on Tuesday night, it was announced today (Fri).Police said 30 flat screen TVs worth around 850 Euros each disappeared from a Hungarian truck while it was parked at a motorway rest stop on the A1 western highway near Völlerndorf. Officers […]
Skiing deaths down sharply
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Significantly fewer people lost their lives on slopes in the Austrian mountains in the past winter holiday period.The Austrian Committee for Alpine Safety (KfAS) said today (Fri) 33 skiers and snowboarders were killed. With 48 people, most of last winters victims died on prepared pistes. The organisation added that 96 people lost their lives on […]
Another suspected neo-Nazi has been arrested as prosecutors continue to investigate against alleged organisers of a fascist homepage.State prosecutors in Vienna said today (Thurs) that a man had been put in custody last weekend. Officials refused to reveal where the arrest took place. They also remained tight-lipped about his name and age, but confirmed that […]
Paralysed smoker dies in flat blaze
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A paralysed man perished when a fire ripped through an apartment in Graz yesterday evening (Weds).Paramedics failed to resuscitate the 52-year-old man after firemen entered the burning flat in the Styrian city. A female neighbour and the wheelchair-bound mans sister had to be hospitalised suffering from serious smoke intoxication. The women had tried to extinguish […]
Salzburg man dies under axed tree
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A 44-year-old woodworker was killed by a falling tree yesterday (Weds).The incident occurred during woodcutting activities at a forestry estate outside Leogang, Salzburg, police said today. The man was pronounced dead by an emergency doctor when the medic reached the scene of the accident.Earlier this month, a 21-year-old worker died in woodland near Bad Gastein, […]
Builders find WWI grenades
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Two hand grenades have been discovered during construction works in Vienna.Shocked workers called the police when they found the missiles at a building site in Vienna-Margareten yesterday (Weds).Police officers consulted explosives experts of the interior ministry for assistance. The specialists defused the World War One (WWI) grenades. No one was injured.Around 28 tons of unexploded […]
A farmer was hospitalised after he suffered an accident with his tractor yesterday (Weds).The 48-year-old man was driving his tractor up a pass road near Taxenbach in Salzburgs Pinzgau region when the vehicle and the manure tank it was towing overturned on a bend.The farmer sustained undisclosed injuries when the tractor and the trailer plunged […]