Austrian authorities say they are stopping their investigation unless the UN says something

After Death in Vienna, UN Says Can’t Speak Until Authorities, Who Wait for UN Orders

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UNITED NATIONS, November 3—Following the death of Timothy Hampton of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Office in Vienna, the UN in New York called it a suicidal fall. But now that a second autopsy points in another directly, the UN tells Inner City Press it is deferring to and “cannot comment on” an investigation being undertaken by the Austrian authorities.

But there is a problem: the UN’s own press summary from Vienna reports that that publication “Osterreich reports that the investigations have been stopped. However, if the United Nations calls for further investigations the police could take action again.”

So the UN says it can’t say anything because the Austrian authorities are investigating. But the Austrian authorities say they are stopping their investigation unless the UN says something.

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