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Austrian police were warned about the 20-year-old.
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The Vienna attacker wanted to buy ammunition in Slovakia in the summer, but failed because he did not have a weapons license. Later, the Slovak police notified the Austrian authorities.
The Vienna attacker tried to buy ammunition in Slovakia during the summer. According to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR, the purchase failed due to a missing weapons license. Slovak police confirmed the purchase attempt on Wednesday in a Facebook post. Consequently, the Austrian authorities were also informed about the case.
Austrian police have been informed
Slovak police received information in the summer that suspected people from Austria were trying to buy ammunition. But they failed to acquire anything, the authority wrote on Facebook. The Austrian police were immediately informed. There will be no further comment from the Slovak authorities so as not to jeopardize the investigations in Austria.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry confirmed to the SZ on Tuesday night that the national authorities had been informed. Initially, there was no information on this from the APA on Wednesday.
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