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Austria Gunman's Farewell Letter Did Not Give Motive

Police say bomb attack plans were found at the 21-year-old's home

(Newser) - The 21-year-old man who killed ten people in Austria's worst mass shooting in recent years may have been planning a different kind of attack. Police say they found abandoned plans for a bomb attack and a non-functional homemade bomb at the suspect's home, the BBC reports. The gunman...

After Mass Shooting, Austria's 'Incredibly Difficult' Aftermath

High school in Graz may not have been prepared for rare attack like this, which left 10 dead

(Newser) - A 21-year-old gunman killed nine people at a high school in Austria on Tuesday before taking his own life, authorities say. Six females and three males died and another 12 people were injured as bullets ripped through the building just before 10am local time, per the BBC . Police say the...

At Austrian School, a 'Terrible Tragedy'

Authorities say at least 8 victims are dead after mass shooting in the city of Graz

(Newser) - At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city's mayor said. Police said they were deployed to the school after shots were heard there. Mayor Elke Kahr described the events...

Austria Welcomes Eurovision Winner Home

JJ and Israel's Yuval Raphael ran neck-and-neck in the final

(Newser) - Austrian fans enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport on Sunday, after he won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with "Wasted Love." As JJ walked through the gate, hundreds of fans cheered, some played his song, and others surrounded the new star, hugging him...

Attacker in Austria Stabs 5 at Random

Police have a suspect, 23, in custody

(Newser) - Four people were wounded and one killed when a 23-year-old man began stabbing passersby at random with a knife in the Austrian city of Villach on Saturday, police said. The victim who died was 14 years old, the BBC reports. Police said they have a 23-year-old man in custody, a...

Needing a Coalition, President to Meet With Far-Right Leader

Austrian political leaders may be softening on working with Freedom Party

(Newser) - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he will meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party leader to form a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement after talks with Chancellor Karl Nehammer and others at his presidential...

Coalition Talks Fail, Leading Austrian Chancellor to Quit

Next step isn't clear, and opposition says it fears the rise of 'a right-wing extremist'

(Newser) - After negotiations on forming a coalition to govern Austria collapsed on Saturday, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he will resign in days. The talks involved the two largest centrist parties, Reuters reports, leaving out the far-right Freedom Party. A small, liberal party, Neos, had withdrawn the day before and accused the...

Vienna Sausage Stands Are Now UNESCO Heritage Sites

'It's a form of gastronomy everybody can afford'

(Newser) - The Vienna sausage stand is a place where the street sweeper, the manager, the tourist, and the celebrity converge for the same tasty snack, the AP reports. The culture of the humble "Würstelstand" became this week one of the latest additions to the national list of intangible cultural...

Far-Right Party Nears Victory but Lacks Coalition

Austria's Freedom Party seeks a more 'homogeneous' nation

(Newser) - The Freedom Party was headed for the first far-right win in a national parliamentary election in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping voters' anxieties about issues including immigration, inflation, and Ukraine, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear, the...

Billionaire Known for A-List Celeb Dates Dies at 91

Austrian businessman Richard Lugner dies just months after he married his 6th wife

(Newser) - Richard Lugner, the Austrian billionaire best known for his A-list dates to the Vienna Opera Ball, has died at the age of 91, reports People . His death comes just months after he tied the knot on June 1 with his sixth wife, 42-year-old Simone Reiländer. At the time, he...

After Canceled Shows, Swifties in Vienna Throw Their Own

Foiled plot to attack Swift concerts doesn't stop fans from singing, dancing in Austrian capital's streets

(Newser) - While authorities in Austria continue to piece together an apparently foiled plan to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the singer's fans are showing that not even a terror plot can hold them back. The AP reports that, after three Swift shows were canceled as a result of...

Another Arrest Made in Taylor Swift Terror Plot

18-year-old Iraqi national also pledged allegiance to ISIS, authorities say

(Newser) - Police in Austria say they have arrested a third suspect in connection with a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. The country's interior minister said the latest person arrested is an 18-year-old Iraqi national, CNN reports. Authorities say he has links to the main suspect,...

Alleged Terror Plot at Swift Shows: 'A Tragedy Was Prevented'

Authorities believe suspects had ties to ISIS-K; fans bemoan canceled Vienna shows

(Newser) - Swifties are reeling after three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled Wednesday, following the arrest of two men who Austrian authorities say were planning a series of terror attacks in the nation's capital. At least one of the two suspects is said to have pledged his allegiance to...

3 Taylor Swift Concerts in Austria Abruptly Canceled

Police said terrorists planned to target Vienna gigs

(Newser) - Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were called off on Wednesday after two men who were allegedly planning terrorist attacks on large events in the Austrian capital were arrested. "With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to...

In This Nation, Getting to Work Takes Just 17 Minutes

Denmark boasts shortest commute time in the world, per AHTI Games stats

(Newser) - Looking for the shortest, sweetest commute? Consider Scandinavia. That's per AHTI Games, which crunched the numbers to figure out how long it takes to get from home to work across the globe, per Digital Journal . Denmark tops the list, with an average commute time of just 17 minutes. Neighbor...

50 People Just Gave Away This Heiress's $27M

Marlene Engelhorn's fortune will go to 77 groups, including one centered on tax justice

(Newser) - A council of 50 randomly selected Austrians have come to a decision on how to spend a 32-year-old heiress's fortune—without any input from the heiress herself. Earlier this year, Marlene Engelhorn, a descendant of the founder of chemical firm BASF who's criticized inherited wealth as "contradicting...

His Wine Cellar Was a Mammoth Graveyard

Austrian archaeologists call it the 'find of the century'

(Newser) - An Austrian man renovating his wine cellar found something a lot older than any riesling. Winemaker Andreas Pernerstorfer discovered enormous bones that came from at least three woolly mammoths, the BBC reports. He reported the find to authorities, and the cellar was excavated by the Austrian Archaeological Institute, which called...

Court: Infamous Rapist Fritzl, Now 89, No Longer a Danger

Austrian cleared to move from psychiatric detention to a regular prison

(Newser) - Austrian judges have ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times, and fathered seven children with her can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison, a court said Tuesday. The decision on Monday was the latest in a legal...

Hitler's Birthplace Gets Some Unwelcome Visitors

On late Nazi dictator's birthday, 4 Germans showed up to lay roses, salute him

(Newser) - The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born is being turned into a police station to prevent admirers of the late Nazi dictator from gathering there. But that didn't stop four young Germans from showing up Saturday to the building in Braunau am Inn, on the occasion of...

Scientists See Doom for Austria's Glaciers

Alpine nation projected to be largely ice-free in 45 years

(Newser) - Austrian glaciers receded last year at a rapid pace, so much so that the Alpine country is likely to be largely ice-free in 40 to 45 years as the process continues, experts said Friday. The Austrian Alpine Club said that, of the 93 glaciers its volunteers measured and observed, all...

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