Czech Flees to Austria
From Reuters
VIENNA —
A young Czechoslovak border guard fled into neighboring Austria unharmed in a hail of bullets from other guards and asked for political asylum, a police spokesman said Thursday.
Police said the incident took place Wednesday near the Austrian village of Unterretzbach, about 40 miles north of Vienna.
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