A teenager is fighting for his life after plunging from an escalator in Vienna at the weekend.Rafael F., 17, was balancing on the handrail of the moving staircase at the Spittelau underground train station when he lost his balance. He sustained life-threatening head injuries in the eight-metre plunge which occurred on Saturday night, police said […]
Reward over beheaded kitten
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Animal activists are promising a reward after a decapitated cat was found in a Lower Austrian town.A spokesman for Vier Pfoten, an internationally operating animal rights organisation, said today (Mon) the charity will pay 500 Euros to the one whose tip-off leads to the person who killed the animal discovered in a back garden in […]
A woman faces losing custody of her daughter after the four-year-old walked into a shop while she had a nap.Staff at the supermarket in Steyr, Upper Austria, calmed down the child after spotting her crouching and crying in a corner this morning (Mon). The employees managed to track down her mum whose house is […]
A 10-year-old boy was hospitalised with serious injuries after he tried to skid down the handrail of a moving staircase at an U-Bahn station in Vienna.The resident of Vienna hit his head in the three-metre plunge at the U3 Johnstraße underground station around 6pm yesterday (Sun).The incident occurred just hours after a 17-year-old party-goer got […]
Coach collides with tram in Vienna
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One person was injured when a coach crashed into a tram in the city centre of Vienna this morning (Mon).Public transport agency Wiener Linien announced that the tram driver was slightly injured in the collision on the Ringstraße boulevard near the State Opera. The firm added the coach driver nor any passengers in either vehicle […]
Elderly man’s hand chopped off
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An elderly mans hand was cut off in a dramatic accident yesterday (Thurs).The resident of Kematen an der Krems in Upper Austria was splitting blocks of wood when his left hand was hacked off at the wrist. Local police said today it was unclear how exactly the accident happened, adding that the 82-year-old had many […]
‘Jealous’ man jailed for knifing
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A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for knifing down guests of a pub his girlfriend worked at.Judges at Viennas Criminal Court heard today (Fri) how the Hungarian-born resident of Vienna followed two men on New Years Eve 2008 when they left the bar in Vienna-Ottakring. The men, aged 47 and 69, explained they […]
A 76-year-old woman is suspected of having smuggled dozens of kilograms of drugs into Austria.Friederike G. was arrested at Innsbruck station yesterday (Thurs). Police, who have been watching the pensioner for several months, said today she was accused of transporting vast amounts of cocaine and heroine from the Netherlands into Austria on train journeys.The elderly […]
Corrupt juridical officers suspended
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More than 20 court officials are facing charges for corruption, it has been reported.Viennese newspapers report today (Fri) that 23 people working for juridical authorities must brace themselves for disciplinary procedures or court cases over their wrongdoings. The dailies claim that the suspected staff, of whom the majority have already been suspended, are accused of […]
Rail worker killed in accident
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A railway worker died in a dramatic work incident yesterday evening (Thurs), it was announced today.A spokesman for Federal Railways (ÖBB) said the 46-year-old mans right foot was squashed by a cargo train during shunting work at Gnigl station in the province of Salzburg.”The man managed to send off a radio message to inform his […]