Former Vienna Mayor Helmut Zilk, who lost part of his hand to a letter bomb in 1993, died. He was 81.
In December 1993, Zilk’s was severely injured when he opened a letter bomb sent to his home in Vienna by terrorist Franz Fuchs.

Franz Fuchs (1949-2000) was a xenophobic Austrian terrorist. Between 1993 and 1997 he killed four people and injured 15, using improvised explosive devices  and mailbombs. His targets were people he either considered to be foreigners, or individuals “friendly to foreigners.”
Franz Fuchs claimed responsibility for his attacks and tried to give the impression of a larger organization.
In 1995, four Roma were killed with an explosive device which was attached to a sign that read “Roma zurück nach Indien”
At this stage Fuchs had obviously become paranoid. On October 1, 1997 he followed two women whom he believed were observing him. When police attempted to question him, he produced another explosive device which he had kept in his car, and detonated it in front of the policemen. His suicide attempt failed, but he lost both hands, and also injured a police officer. Fuchs was sentenced to life in prison. On February 26, 2000, Fuchs was found hanged with the cable of his electric razor in his prison cell in Graz.
Doubts remained whether Fuchs had actually committed his actions without any support from sympathizers.
Even more doubts remain concerning Fuchs’ death. How exactly a man without hands and under almost constant video survey could accomplish the manipulations with cable. Moreover, no prisoner is supposed to be in possession of anything (including belts and shoestrings) that could serve this purpose – most certainly not an electric cable.