An explosion ripped through a pizzeria in a town in the southeastern province of Styria, killing two children and injuring seven, in a blast that may have been the result of an attack, authorities said. The explosion Saturday touched off a fire and gutted the building in Wagna bei Leibnitz, a small town in Austria's wine-growing region, Austria Press Agency reported. Several surrounding buildings were damaged. The two dead children were between ages 4 and 5. The injured, including an 18-month old child, were hospitalized.Police combed the collapsed structure hours after the 2:40 a.m. blast in hopes of determining the cause, though by mid-afternoon authorities discounted the possibility that leaking gas was to blame. "It looks at the moment like it was probably an attack," Fire inspector Guenter Peterka told state television. The Egyptian family that operated the restaurant had been involved in a dispute with others in the building over the noise from the restaurant.
| Okay. It's probably unfair of me to immediately leap to the conclusion that they solved the dispute like they would have solved it back home. After all, they could be perfectly honest, ethical businessmen. It could be leaking gas, even though it doesn't look like it. I suppose it could be skinheads, though I haven't seen many other booms attributed to the lederhosen and dirndl set... |