VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 4, 2008
Austrian Man Sets In-Laws On Fire
Homemade Flame-Thrower Used To Attack Elderly Couple As They Slept
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(CBS/AP)
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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.
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- 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 - Reply to this comment
- There must be some way to blame this on George Bush.
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- 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. - Reply to this comment
- "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. - Reply to this comment
- 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. - Reply to this comment
- 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. - Reply to this comment
dammit, why didn''t an american think of that first? we really are losing our position in the world.- Reply to this comment
- Seriously, *** is wrong with German people? Still, is there anyone who has in-laws who hasn''t considered this at least once?
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- As far as a crime goes, it was "well done".
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- "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. - Reply to this comment
- Violence is only limited by ones imagination it seems. SICK, SICK, SICK! Why didn''t they let the bast-**** bleed to death after he stabbed himself?.
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- Hey, Im american, and Im very nice to people.
Well, except on here.. lol - Reply to this comment
- I''ve heard of people not liking their in-laws before but wow.
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- Wow!!
These Scheissekopf Germans really know how to take care of their elderly!
The entire German race is a blight on humankind.
May they obliterate themselves!! - Reply to this comment
- MyOpinion1
======================================================"We''''ll probably find out later he moved there from the US."
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Do you think that the Austrian man who kept his own daughter as a *** slave for over twenties years moved to Austria from the US????? If you''ve forgotten this story I''ve provided the link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/27/world/main4048458.shtml?source=search_story - Reply to this comment
- Parents-in-law? That just sounds strange. In-laws would have sufficed.
How can a man kill two 80 year old people? One who was disabled! He probably was living off these poor people and they finally got sick of it. What a sad way to die. It is truly tragic to have to burn to death by your deranged son-in-law. - Reply to this comment
- lil_willie61: Can''t you take a joke?
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- Just when you thought all the crazies lived in the USA.
Posted by presjfk
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We''''ll probably find out later he moved there from the US. Posted by MyOpinion1
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I''m going to assume that you are Americans. Why do you hate your country so much? Do you really believe that we''re all crazed homicidal maniacs? If so, aren''t you amongst us?
What country has done more to feed and provide health care to the third world? What country has a higher per-capita rate of charitable donation? Who has done more to fight AIDS in Africa? Who defeated the Nazis?
I feel sorry for you. Your obviously so bitter about something in your life that you are blind to reality. The USA as a nation is not perfect. Our government has made horrible tragic mistakes. But overall, their has never been a greater nation on this Earth. - Reply to this comment
- "Is there anything that one human wont do to another?"
Posted by onlythereal
Engage in senseless acts of kindness - Reply to this comment
- We''ll probably find out later he moved there from the US.
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