Garden gnome alert: 400 missing in Austria
A leading Austrian political party has issued a garden gnome alert after 400 of its figurines disappeared from lamp posts used in campaigning.
Austrian political party issues a garden gnome alert
A leading Austrian political party has issued a garden gnome alert after 400 of its figurines disappeared from lamp posts used in campaigning.
Placed by the Socialist Party ahead of elections in western Austria, the gnomes were hung three meters from the ground — presumably in part to prevent mass pilfering.
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But a party statement Monday said that 400 gnomes, valued at around $4,000, had gone missing over the weekend.
It notes that some of the gnomes have been replaced by People's Party posters.
The People's Party denies involvement in the gnome scandal.
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