BERLIN (AP) - A man in Vienna has been fined 500 euros ($565) for breaking wind loudly in front of police - a move that the Austrian capital's police force was at pains to defend on Tuesday. The Oesterreich newspaper reported that the fine stemmed from an incident on June 5 and that the offender was fined for "offending public decency." City police wrote on Twitter that "of course no one is reported for accidentally `letting one go.'" They added that the man had behaved "provocatively and uncooperatively" during an encounter with officers that preceded the incident. He got up from a park bench, looked at officers and "let go a massive intestinal wind apparently with full intent," they said.

Source: Daily Mail June 17, 2020 04:32 UTC