Search for Grave Robbers Continues: Police Investigate in Lower Austria
Following dozens of grave desecrations in Vienna, investigations are now also underway in Lower Austria. Johann Baumschlager from the State Police Directorate in St. Pölten confirmed cases in the cadastral municipality of Weidling in Klosterneuburg and in Fels am Wagram (both in the Tulln district) as well as in Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel (Mistelbach district), which had also been reported by the "Kurier". Whether gold teeth were actually stolen has not yet been verified.
29 Damaged Graves in Lower Austria
Gravestones have been shifted and apparently coffins damaged, said the chief inspector on Wednesday. The State Criminal Office of Lower Austria (Theft) is investigating. Baumschlager spoke of 13 cases at the cemetery in Weidling and eight each in Fels am Wagram and in Wolkersdorf.
In Vienna, there was talk of 60 grave desecrations at the beginning of April. Cemeteries in the districts of Simmering, Floridsdorf, and Donaustadt were affected. The perpetrator or perpetrators have been active since last year, the police reported. Investigations are being conducted on suspicion of serious property damage, disturbance of the peace of the dead, and burglary theft.
(APA/Red)
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