VIENNA—Austrian police on Tuesday stormed a farmhouse where a poacher accused of shooting and killing three police and a paramedic was holed up with an arsenal of hunting guns. Commandos from Austria's elite 'Cobra' police force launched the operation to root out the 55-year-old gunman just before nightfall, at around 6:20 p.m. (1620 GMT), the Austria Press Agency (APA) reported, quoting a police spokesman. Army tanks and hundreds of armed police in bullet proof gear were deployed to the poacher's home, which had been surrounded since early Tuesday after he allegedly shot and killed four people. Police spokesman Johann Baumschlager said earlie...
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