Investigations
have so far found no criminal act in the area in which such a
sum of money had been lost, a spokesman for the Vienna police
said.
One young man who spotted the wet treasure on Saturday jumped
into the river to retrieve it, Oesterreich newspaper said.
Bystanders thinking he was attempting to commit suicide alerted
police, who arrived just as he was fishing out the money. He is
now trying to claim a share.
"The boy said he wanted to bring it to the police, but the
question is whether the police found it or the boy," the police
spokesman said.
In Austria, anyone who finds cash and brings it to the police
can claim between 5-10 percent of the sum and has the right to
receive the whole amount if its rightful owner cannot be
identified within a year.
($1 = 0.9240 euros)
(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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