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In addition to Austrian citizenship, the killer also had North Macedonia citizenship. “He was equipped with a fake explosive belt and an automatic long pistol, a pistol and a machete to carry out this gruesome attack on innocent citizens,” said the interior minister. It is not clear whether there were accomplices or not.
Before the attack, F. is said to have posted a photo on his Instagram account showing him with two weapons that he may have used later in the attack. It was not clear at first if the 20-year-old had also issued an oath of allegiance to the “Islamic State” (IS).
“He came from a perfectly normal family. For me he was a young man who had the misfortune to make the wrong friends. If he had not gone to a mosque but to boxing, he would have become a boxer” – with these words he characterized the Viennese defense lawyer Nikolaus Rast Kujtim F., who shot at least four people on Monday night in Vienna. “I never thought it would be possible for him to become a murderer,” Rast said.
