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Beer quarrel ends in axe murder

A 20-year-old hacked his mum’s boyfriend to death with an axe in after accusing him of drinking his beer, police have said.

The man fled after the murder at his 53-year-old mum’s home in Vienna-Penzing early this morning (Tues) but returned hours later after.

He immediately confessed to killing the 33-year-old when he found cops examining the scene of the crime.

The killing comes just weeks after a pensioner killed his pal in row over a card game.

Rudolf K., 77, had whacked his 66-year-old friend Viktor B. with a chair after a drunken row while they were playing cards at the "Wildrast" restaurant in Göpfritz in Lower Austria’s Zwettl district.

He hanged himself just a day later in shame, police said.

Austrian Times

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