Man kills in-laws with flamethrower

Austria: Man kills in-laws with 'flamethrower'
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48-year-old Austrian man allegedly murders his in-laws with 'flamethrower'

84-year-old mother-in-law burned to death in her bed

Her husband was found dead outside their house

(CNN) -- A man in eastern Austria used a homemade flamethrower to kill his wife's elderly parents, police said Saturday.

The 48-year-old man then tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach, police said. He is now in an induced coma but is expected to survive.

The incident happened at 10pm (4pm ET) Friday in Hartberg, a town in Austria's Styria region, about 22 miles (35.5 kilometers) from the Hungarian border, said Chief Anton Kiesl of the state police homicide division.

Kiesl said the man first spread gas in the room of his 84-year-old in-laws, then lit a homemade propane gas bottle and threw it at them, burning them alive.
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