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Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. The Straits Times World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Vienna. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTC. The headline in use is “Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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VIENNA, Oct 12 - The arrest of a Ukrainian journalist in Vienna last week was ordered because he was seen watching a location that two men suspected of spying had also surveilled, not because of his profession, the Vienna prosecutors' office said on Monday.
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Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job
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