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Giant sausage stolen in the night

On Saturday night in the small town of Sankt Michael in Lungau, a massive sausage was stolen by a person or persons unknown, according to a report by Austrian state broadcaster ORF.

Giant sausage stolen in the night
Mortadella variation with pistachio. Photo: Rainer Zenz

Known as a mortadella, the 80 kg (176 pounds) specimen was not even the largest one available to the thieves – but given it weighs as much as a grown man, it's probably all they could carry.

According to police, the missing banger is 1.5 metres (five feet) long, with a diameter of 40 centimetres (16 inches.) 

The Italian owner of the market stall which sells the sausage estimates its value at more than €2000 (US$2714).

Police have asked for the public to inform them of any sightings of the purloined pepperoni.

In the centuries before black pepper was available as a seasoning for sausage meat, the ancient European sausage was seasoned with myrtle berries, which provides its name.

The Italian mortadella recipe consists of ground pork, salt, pepper, sugar and bacon fat.  The larger specimens can weigh up to 100 kg.  

According to Wikipedia, German versions of the sausage are slightly smaller than the Austro-Italian speciality, but it didn't stop them from winning the World Cup.

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Austria investigates 17 teens for alleged sexual abuse of girl

Austrian authorities on Friday said they were investigating 17 teenagers - including 12 minors - over the alleged months-long sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl in Vienna last year.

Austria investigates 17 teens for alleged sexual abuse of girl

The alleged offences took place in a disadvantaged area of the capital’s south “between February and June 2023, in toilets, garages, a hotel and in the perpetrators’ homes”, Florian Finda, deputy director of the Vienna police, told a news conference.

The suspects in the rare case – most of whom are aged between 14 and 18 – are of Bulgarian, Italian, Serbian, Syrian and Turkish origin.

Two of them are under 14 and therefore below Austria’s age of criminal responsibility.

The suspects – almost all of whom were known to police for other offences – are accused of serious sexual abuse of a minor, including the pornographic depiction of the abuse of a minor.

Thirteen suspects were questioned on Thursday, with some of them partially denying the allegations.

The suspects and the Austrian victim met through one of the accused, with whom the then 12-year-old is said to have made out with.

She was then introduced to the rest of the group.

The boys allegedly exchanged videos and photos of the abuse via social networks including WhatsApp chats, with one of them allegedly threatening to share the pornographic material.

According to the police, none of the material was made available to the wider public.

In October, the young girl, now 13, informed her mother, who subsequently filed a complaint.

The ongoing investigation is due to be transferred to the public prosecutor’s office.

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