Article 5DN8T Vienna man's body lay in apartment for months 'forgotten' by city department

Vienna man's body lay in apartment for months 'forgotten' by city department

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AFP in Vienna
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Man's neighbor notified police of his death in November, but found in January that no one had come to collect his body

For two months, Vienna's funeral services forgot" to pick up the body of an elderly man who had died in his apartment, according to a city official.

The 66-year-old man had been living alone and had been ill for a long time, and was found dead in his flat on 11 November by a neighbour who had been helping him.

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