Austrian police raided a secret arms depot in the home of a youth here which might have belonged to a right wing extremist organization, according to a report in the newspaper Kurier. Police discoverd an array of pistols, rifles, ammunition and military equipment such as gas masks and helmits in the apartment of the 17-year-old unemployed Viennese. The authorities are now investigating possible connections with extremist right-wing groups in Vienna.
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