Austrian Man Sets In-Laws On Fire

Homemade Flame-Thrower Used To Attack Elderly Couple As They Slept

(AP)  A man killed his parents-in-law by setting them on fire with a homemade flame-thrower, Austrian police said Saturday.

The 48-year-old man used a flame-thrower he had created from a propane gas container to set the elderly couple alight as they lay in bed late Friday, chief police investigator Anton Kiesl said.

The woman burned to death in her bed, while her husband's body was found on a bench outside their home in the southeastern village of St. Magdalena am Lemberg, Kiesl said.

Both victims were in their 80s; the woman's lower legs had been amputated due to diabetes-related complications.

The man's motive was not immediately clear. His wife - and the victims' daughter - was in the house at the time of the incident, and escaped through a window, Kiesl said.

The chief investigator said the man fled the scene and stabbed himself in the stomach. The man, who was not identified by name, is now in an induced coma following an emergency operation.

[libluv2cnsor]

this guy is pretty wicked...a simple ''get the F out of my house'' would had suffice but going to all the trouble of making a flame thrower....

this guy has issues and needs to be locked up

[minnick8-2009]

There must be some way to blame this on George Bush.

[jerr11]

Probably nothing. Millions of Austrians seem to be doing just fine.

Posted by random_radar at 08:54 PM : Oct 05, 2008



How would you know?

You haven''t been to their cellars.

[random_radar]

"Lately (the last 2-3 years), there''''s been one violent act after another in Austria. I really wonder what''''s going on. Something has changed there.

Posted by anon00 at 11:50 AM : Oct 05, 2008"

Probably nothing. Millions of Austrians seem to be doing just fine.

[bdrlnt4rl]

Lately (the last 2-3 years), there''''s been one violent act after another in Austria. I really wonder what''''s going on. Something has changed there.

Posted by anon00


it is called the influence of hollywood. hollywood is the american terrorist. if obama wants a change, it should start with hollywood. that is the only way the world will change its negative view of america.

[jerr11]

with in-laws it can be tricky

Posted by jh6379 at 11:39 AM : Oct 05, 2008



Yup, whether to do it with a flame thrower or a sledge hammer.

[heero2020]

dammit, why didn''t an american think of that first? we really are losing our position in the world.

[tucson23]

Seriously, *** is wrong with German people? Still, is there anyone who has in-laws who hasn''t considered this at least once?

[airboatboy1]

As far as a crime goes, it was "well done".

[pirmin3]

"These Scheissekopf Germans really know how to take care of their elderly!"

First, learn to spell. Secondly, this is Austria, not Germany. Hitler was Austrian and not German. Then again, benthic organisms like you never let facts get in their way.