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A 38-year-old Viennese doctor was caught when he tried to burgle the flat of his patient who had to stay in hospital. He was found by th son of the patient when he was searching the house for valuable articles. This might explain the mysterious spate of burglaries. Many patients became the victim of a [...]

Very hungry were some tourists from Romania in the Eastern part of Austrias province of Upper Austria. They have stolen 49 chocolate bars and two cans of tuna fish, and were caught by a supermarket employee who called the police. The tourists were able to escape out of the supermarket and jumped in their bus.
But [...]

Many people in Austria became the victim of internet crooks who offer cheap rental apartments at diverse internet portals. The problem is that those rental apartments are not existing in reality.
If the victims pay for key and rental agreement in advance without seeing the apartment, their money might be lost. In most of the cases [...]

A 28-year-old lady from Hamburg claims that she was knocked down by Austrian policemen in the early morning in the city centre of Vienna. The young lady tried to go by underground without buying a ticket.
She was caught and brought to the next police station. According to her allegations she was thrashed in a side [...]

A 35-year-old drunken man from Salzburg has bitten off the nose of a young lady. The unbelievable crime happened on three o’clock in the morning in a suburb of Salzburg.
The nose of the 28-year-old lady was truly separated by the sharp teeths of the drunkard. She had to be brought to hospital, reported Salzburgs police [...]

The city centre of Salzburg on this weeks Wednesday morning was the secene of a very vicious crime. A grandchild who lives with his granny suddenly turned out to be a well conditioned Samurai warrior. The geriatric host was attacked by her own grandchild with a Samurai sword.
Reason was a disagreement about going out for [...]

The Viennese district of Leopoldstadt was the scene of an armed robbery yesterday evening. A 40-50 year old man with Romanian passport jumped into the tobacconists shop with a silver gun and demanded money.
But instead of taking the money, the tobbaconist grasped a gun as well and shot the robber from a short distance. The [...]

Maybe it was Villachs prohibition of Halloween in kindergartens which was the reason of the indescribable anger and frustration of some Halloween fans in Carinthias second biggest town of Villach. During Halloween night several houses were damaged by these rude creatures. Villach was one of the places in Austria with Halloween hostile laws.
Also some house [...]

A flight from London to Upper Austrias capital Linz is cheap. Sometimes a ticket is available for just 10 Euro. Maybe this is the reason for an uninvited asphalt workers invasion from the United Kingdom.
Medias report about English asphalt crooks in Upper Austria. Those guys asphalt over private gravel paths, and later demand several thousands [...]

The night from Saturday to Sunday was the scene of violence and devastation in Upper Austrias popular holiday destination Bad Ischl. The town centre was completely devastated.
Parked cars were damaged, trash bins and road signs were ripped from its moorings and thrown around. It seems those offenders were quite angry during that night because the [...]

A person from Upper Austrias capital of Linz was sentenced to a financial penalty of 90 Euro by the police, because a scarf was found in its trouser pocket. The unusual ticket was issued by the police authority of Linz.
The reasoning for such a verdict is the “act for preparation of a mummery”. Scarfs are [...]

Upper Austrias town of Steyr was the scene of an unlucky burglar last night. The adipose 20-year-old man was too voluminous to get through the window. He got stuck in the window and was found several hours later by the owner of the petrol station.
A window on a height of 4 metres was the choosen [...]

Simply bad mood was the reason for a murder in Vienna. A 17-year-old teenager had a dispute with his mother during a party.
To give vent to his anger, he went out of the flat and kicked a noninvolved pensioner from behind down the staircase.
The pensioner had no chance, tumbled downstairs, and stayed lying in pool [...]

A 20-year-old man from Styria had to pay a monetary penalty of 50 Euro because he was not able to suppress a smelly fart next to a police man. The smelly fart is a violation against the federal security law in Styria.
Austrian medias make a scandal out of this incident. Almost all important newspapers brought [...]

Austria records an increase in bicycle thefts of five percent in the first half of the year. The situation in Vienna is very dramatic. Every third bicycle is stolen in the capital of Austria.
The chance that the owner is going to see his bicycle again is vanishing small. Exactly 9.753 bicycles were stolen in the [...]

A policeman was maltreaded by a barkeeper in Upper Austrias provincial capital of Linz. The policeman told the barkeeper to stop the music in his pub. This was reason enough to knock the officer down and hurt him severe.
The 49-year-old barkeeper had no awe to attack the policeman. First he started to choke him, and [...]

The police of Vienna has a new concept how to create a bigger feeling of security for the Viennese population. Policemen on patrol (beat constable) are going to spread notepads with messages on doors and cars.
The Viennese citizen reads messages like “We were here – the police” or “For your security on the move – [...]

Employees of a mobile phone operator in Vienna were confronted with a rude death threat of an angry customer from Tirol. Reason: the mobile phone reception was not good enough for the sensitive Tirolean.
Even two times he called the office of the mobile phone operator and promised to kill everyone with a huge bomb. For [...]

A restaurant in Carinthias second biggest town Villach closed exactly on the legally required closing time. Too early for an highly sensitive customer. He lost his mind and started to riot.
He took his barstool and used it as missile against the waiters of the restaurant. Later the angry customer also threw with glasses and destroyed [...]

An international competition of the special kind took place in Austrias most Western province of Vorarlberg. Young men from Austria and Albania were having a violent disput on the street. Two men had to be brought to hospital with heavy injuries.
According to a report of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Albanians started the fight, because a [...]

The Socialdemocrats of Vienna decided a higher tax on property. The Greens consented the new decision. Peoples Party and Freedom Party were against it.
The Peoples Party was talking about “Milkmaid Marxism”. The Viennese Freedom Party sees a shock for the middle classes.

The main basis of the new law is a financial transactional tax and a [...]

A 28-year-old burglar failed to complete a burglary in Upper Austrias provincial capital of Linz, because he sustained an epileptic seizure. It was a paradoxical situation when two policemen had to help the unlucky burglar and applied first aid.
Doctors said that the nervousness and tension for the young man was too high to complete a [...]

A 40-year-old unemployed man from Carinthia was not satisfied with the service of the employment office in St. Veit an der Glan. He threatened that he is going to stab all employees of the office, and blow up the whole building afterwards.
The man was already noticeable when he has entered the employment office. He was [...]

A 28-year-old tourist from Hungary was caught in Graz when he wanted to steal two beer crates from a supermarket during the night. The thirsty man smashed a window and jumped into the building. He was seen by neighbours who called the police.
The Styrian police of Graz is known to be quite fast. When the [...]

A 24-year-old man from Bregenz was arrested in his home town by the police, because he was wearing a ladies swimsuit in public. Ladies swimsuits are a passion for the young man. He enjoys to wear such clothes as underwear.
Wednesday evening a police patrol has seen a piece of the swimsuit on the chest of [...]

Three young man between 17 and 22 years chose a quite unusual place for their knife fight. It was the cemetery of the Lower Austrian town Hollabrunn during the night.
After their boozy pub crawl they decided to play with knifes at the cemetery. One of them bragged with his arts a bit too much. He [...]

The police station of St. Johann im Pongau was shattered by a bomb attack. One policeman was seriously injured.
Someone has placed an inconspicuous cable reel, which was filled with blasting agent, infront of the police station. Policemen thought that it was forgotten by construction workers, and decided to use it. When one policeman tried to [...]

The huge amount of 135.000 Euro was given away by a 70-year-old man from Vorarlbergs provincial capital Bregenz. A person he never met before gave him a phone call and asked for some money.
“I am your old friend”, said the voice on the other line of the telephone. The 70-year-old believed him, althought he had [...]

Nine-month pregnant and still enough of criminal energy. A 17-year-old girl was arrested by the Lower Austrian police because she was involved in a housebreaking.
She captured jewellery and money, and escaped with her three lovers by car. After 19 kilometres the foray was over. The police stopped the car and arrested all four persons. The [...]

A Cechen family who lives in a little Styrian village does not accept policemen in their apartment. Such a painful experience had to be done by several policemen.
When the policemen tried to enter the apartment of the family in the early morning to check their residence permit, they were attacked with scissors and knifes. To [...]