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With an emergency call reporting multiple shots fired at the Seitenstettengasse in central Vienna around 8 pm, a major police operation began on Monday due to a terrorist attack with several perpetrators. The killers killed a civilian, several bystanders and a police officer were seriously injured before police captured and shot one of the perpetrators, said Harald Srs, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
The spokesman said a long gun had been secured to the suspect. At first there was no more reliable information about the events. All available forces are used to arrest the other perpetrators who have not yet been caught.
According to Nehammer, the act of terrorism is still ongoing
The act of terrorism in Vienna still continues. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (VP) said this in the “ZiB Spezial” on Monday evening. An assassin with an assault rifle must be eliminated by the executive. But suppose there are multiple parents. The Interior Minister appealed to the population to stay home and avoid the streets of the federal capital. There is no regional limitation of the danger in Vienna.
Nehammer confirmed once again that a fire had started in Seitenstettengasse and that a police officer had been seriously injured there. As a result, skirmishes would have developed at six crime scenes. The Interior Minister urged that videos of the crime not be posted on social media, but made available to the police.
The police appealed to the population for the continuing threat: “If you are home, stay home!” It is strongly recommended that anyone on the move not leave safe rooms or attempt to go to a safe room. The Viennese city was cordoned off, public transport did not stop in the city center.
Later in the evening, 15 wounded people who had been wounded in the attack had been taken to various Vienna hospitals, Christop Mierau, a spokesman for the Vienna Health Association, said on request. At least seven of the victims were seriously injured.
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Several videos circulated of the incident in central Vienna on Monday night, showing gunmen firing savagely in the city center. In one video, a victim, possibly a police officer, can even be seen falling to the ground at Schwedenplatz. A man with a Kalashnikov-style weapon walks down a cobbled alley and shoots. A witness yells “asshole” from a window.
Three wounded were admitted to clinics of the Vienna Health Association after the attack in central Vienna. That’s what Christoph Mierau, spokesman for the health network, said at the request of the APA. People are likely to have suffered more serious injuries. Mierau couldn’t tell if they were gunshot wounds or wounded from an explosion.
Meanwhile, the Viennese police asked that no videos or photos of the events be published on social media. “This endangers both the emergency services and the civilian population.”
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Vienna city center cordoned off
Due to the attack, the center of Vienna is cordoned off and public transport does not stop there. The U1, U2, U3 and U4 metro lines do not stop at the stations in the city center. Tram lines will be diverted or shortened, the Wiener Linien announced Monday night.
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