This astonishing X-ray shows how an American traveller tried to smuggle a live albino alligator out of Germany on a flight to Singapore. The metre-long reptile was discovered by stunned baggage inspectors at Munich International Airport, Bavaria, last month (September). The rare white gator - which had been stuffed into…
Horrified customs officials have seized two roasted whole antelopes from an air passenger's luggage who claimed she needed them for a "snack". The passenger - from Ghana, West Africa - had landed in Munich, Germany, according to reports from 11th October. But as her bags were X-rayed, shocked officials made…
A seven-year-old girl was crushed to death when an unfixed marble statue fell on top of her at the hotel she was staying at with her family. The tragic accident took place in Munich, south-western Germany, on Friday evening (26th August). Little Lavinia Trematerra from Naples, south-western Italy, was playing…
New research has found a link between dementia and schizophrenia that has confirmed a theory that is more than 120 years old and was previously refuted by the scientific community. ‘Dementia praecox’ is a term that was popularised in 1899 by Emil Kraepelin, founder of the psychiatric hospital of the…
Astronomers have unearthed traces of nearly 2,000 previously unknown asteroids found by the Hubble Space Telescope but hidden in its files for 20 years. Artificial intelligence has helped scientists discover a total of 1,701 new asteroid trails which could unlock the secrets of how Earth was formed. Experts from the…
Horrified customs officials seized a roasted cane rat from a passenger's luggage when he flew into Germany from Africa. The rodent - considered a bush meat delicacy in West Africa - had been packed in a cold box and still had its fur on its hide. Cane rats are heavily…
These images show how 20 cats were left trapped in a house and they turned cannibal to survive. The incident took place in the German city of Munich in the southern state of Bavaria when animal rights activists from the Tierschutzverein Muenchen (Munich Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
A missing person case in Germany might be on the verge of being solved after a bone belonging to a beautiful 19-year-old who went missing 26 years ago was discovered in a forest. Sonja Engelbrecht disappeared in the southern German city of Munich in Bavaria in 1995, never to be…
A flight from Cairo to London had to make an "emergency landing" in Munich after a teenage mum gave birth on board. The incident took place 10,000 metres (32,808 feet) above sea level, during the flight which took off from Cairo, the capital of Egypt and was en route to…
A German artist has built a small wooden 'parasite' house on the roof of a Munich car park to draw attention to the high rents in the city. The intentional eyesore, part of a project called ‘Penthaus a la Parasit’ (‘Parasite Penthouse’), was constructed by artist Jakob Wirth, 28, and…