Austria: Police find body parts in suitcases

Police have recovered two suitcases with body parts inside from an Austrian lake.

A police statement says the remains are of a woman aged around 70. The suitcases were hauled yesterday from the waters of the Traunsee at the lakeside town of Gmunden, about 80 kilometres east of Salzburg, after a man reported seeing a floating piece of luggage.

Investigators were working today to identify the victim and establish a cause of death. State-run broadcaster ORF said their task was made more difficult because the remains were incomplete.