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Man turns anti-tank missile launcher on nagging ma-in-law

A desperate husband tried to kill his mother-in-law with an anti-tank missile launcher after claiming she'd turned his wife against him.  

Furious Bosnian Miroslav Miljici wanted revenge after blaming his wife's mum for the break-up of his marriage.

But when his mother-in-law survived the rocket attack on her home, he tried to finish her off with a machine gun, a court in Doboj, Bosnia, was told.

Amazingly, she survived both attacks with barely a scratch, judges heard.

In defence Miljici - jailed for six years for attempted murder - told the court he could no longer take his mother-in-law's nagging.

Austrian Times

Bulgarian cigarette smugglers arrested
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ChemFreight acquires Logwin's Krems facility
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Crooks behind 47 Styrian robberies arrested
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Beer quarrel ends in axe murder
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Artec starts bankruptcy proceedings
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Churches make food and car Lent call
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Kitzbühel retains most expensive real estate title
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GM Vienna jobs 'safe' as European cull announced
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Toyota recall in Austria
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Austrian oil and gas production up
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