Teacher buried under books for three days

A Croatian teacher was trapped under a pile of books in his bedroom for three days before police rescued him.

Police found the 60-year-old maths teacher, named only as DK, after his wife phoned neighbours to find out why he had not visited her in hospital for so long.

The neighbours called the authorities after hearing muffled groans coming from the central Zagreb apartment.

The books had apparently collapsed on the man from a shelf above the bed, leaving him trapped and unable to move

He was treated at the scene and did not need to be taken to hospital.