General News, page 199

• Dutch skiers rescued after getting lost
  Four Dutch skiers were rescued yesterday (Sun) evening after becoming lost near the Grießenkareck skiing area close to Wagrain in Salzburg’s Pongau district.
• Cat put down after being shot seven times
  A tomcat had to be put down after an unknown party shot it seven times in the right hind leg with an air rifle, Upper Austrian police said today (Mon).
• Skier survives 40 metre plunge into sinkhole
  A Czech skier survived a 40 metre plunge into a sinkhole yesterday afternoon (Sun) at the Krippenstein ski area in Upper Austria’s Gmunden district.
• Slovak woman seriously injured in avalanche
  A Slovak snowboarder was seriously injured on Saturday when she was caught in an avalanche near the Hauser Kaibling ski area in Styria’s Liezen district.

• Two on ski tours hospitalised
  Two people ski touring in Upper Austria ended up in hospital over the weekend after falling, police said today (Mon).
• Drunk who attacked blind German tourist in Salzburg arrested
  A drunk thug who attacked a blind German man on Thursday outside a hotel on Salzburg’s Südtirol square after asking him for a cigarette, was arrested on Saturday morning.
• Electrician survives electrocution
  An electrician working on installation of a heating device at an Upper Austrian farm was electrocuted on Saturday afternoon, but subsequently revived.
• Fritzl's hair-raising pleas revealed
  Incest monster Josef Fritzl is begging his family for cash behind bars so he can afford special shampoo for his hair transplants.

• German stranded six hours on chairlift
  Dominik Podolsky from Munich, Germany, survived being stranded for six hours Saturday on a chairlift at the Kaltenbach ski area in Tyrol’s Ziller Valley.
• Robbers leave woman chained to radiator for hours
  Two armed robbers left a woman chained to a radiator in the bathroom of her house in Hainburg an der Donau, Lower Austria for hours on Saturday night.
• Human rights ignored at UK prisons, Austrian lobbyist claims
  An Austrian lobbyist who spent seven days in custody in London has accused UK officials of ignoring human rights.
• Drunk snowboard thief caught in the act
  A 17-year-old was caught red-handed stealing a snowboard at a local night spot just after midnight this morning (Fri), in Sölden in Tyrol’s Imst district.

• Two men seriously injured in Tyrol avalanche
  Two skiers were seriously injured yesterday (Thurs) when they were caught in an avalanche in the Venet area of Tyrol’s Landeck district, according to car club ÖAMTC.
• Building in danger of collapse in Vienna’s inner city
  An apartment building on Franziskaner Square in Vienna’s inner city is in danger of collapse, according to city government official Gerhard Cech.
• Every second winter sportsman without a helmet
  Fifty-two per cent of winter sportsmen hit the slopes without helmets, according to results of a new poll by Spectra released today.
• Linz court acquits all 1 May demonstrators
  All the demonstrators arrested on 1 May 2009 in Linz for alleged attacks on police have been acquitted, with the last being formally acquitted yesterday (Thurs)

• Norwegian woman caught in avalanche dies
  The 42-year-old Norwegian woman who suffered serious head injuries when she was caught in an avalanche last Saturday died yesterday (Thurs) at Innsbruck University Clinic, doctors said.
• Births down in 2009
  The number of births in Austria declined by 1.7 per cent year on year to 75,387 in 2009, according to Statistik Austria.
• Accident closes down tunnel for two hours
  An accident in which two lorries and three cars were involved in the Brentenberg tunnel on the Taurern motorway (A10) in Salzburg yesterday (Thurs) resulted in its closure for two hours and a 13 kilometre long traffic jam.
• Cops stop drunk youth driving parents’ car
  A 16-year old youth caught driving his parents’ car without a licence this morning (Fri) had 0.74 promille of alcohol in his blood, arresting officers said.

• Semester break begins in Styria and Upper Austria
  A week-long semester break began for 385,000 kids in Styria and Upper Austria this morning (Fri) after they received their grades for the first semester.
• Drug addict dies in front of mum
  A 43-year-old drug addict died of an overdose early yesterday morning (Thurs) after his aging mother saw him collapse.
• Hungarian crushed between lorries in Upper Austria
  A 50-year-old Hungarian was seriously injured yesterday (Thurs) when he was crushed between the trailer of a passing lorry and his own near Suben in Upper Austria’s Schärding district.
• Drunk attacks blind German tourist in Salzburg
  A drunk thug attacked a blind German man outside a hotel on Salzburg’s Südtirol square yesterday morning (Thurs) after asking him for a cigarette.

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