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The Vienna bomber is said to have tried to buy ammunition in Slovakia as early as the summer. A missing gun license prevented him from doing so.
New findings on the terrorist attack in Vienna: according to information from “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, “NDR” Y “WDR” the Viennese assassin had already traveled to Slovakia in the summer to buy ammunition there. According to the information, it is said that the attacker went to the neighboring country with another man.
the “Southgerman’s newspaper” quotes a Slovak newspaper report“Diary N”, according to which the Islamist assassin traveled to Slovakia in July to obtain ammunition for the AK-47 assault rifle, the same type of weapon that is said to have fired on Monday. However, according to the Slovak report, the killer was unable to complete the ammunition purchase. The reason: he couldn’t produce a gun license. The Slovak authorities are said to have informed their counterparts in Austria about the buyer and their intention to purchase ammunition.
Slovak police confirmed the attempted purchase today in a Facebook post.
However, there will be no further comment from the Slovak authorities so as not to jeopardize the investigations in Austria.
Confirmed Home Office
Meanwhile, at the request of the German media, the Interior Ministry confirmed late Tuesday that the killer had driven from Vienna to Slovakia, writes the “Süddeutsche”. “For the Slovak police, the fact that the man showed interest in the ammunition did not result in any internal investigation,” said a spokesman. [des Innenministeriums] according to the “SZ”.
The perpetrator is said to have been accompanied by another man on his trip to Slovakia. As reported by “Today”, a car was used for the trip that is registered with the mother of an Islamist known to the police (Note: Name and dates d. Known publisher).
So far, however, there has been no information on the “WHAT”.