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Two days after the Islamist-motivated attack in Vienna’s city center, national intelligence agencies need an explanation. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) confirmed that Slovak police had informed their local colleagues about the 20-year-old terrorist attacker’s attempt to buy ammunition. But it shouldn’t have happened too much after that, although Kujtim F. had already been convicted of terrorist organization in 2019.
The Interior Minister has also admitted that the Slovak secret service had informed the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight Against Terrorism (BVT) about the attempted purchase of ammunition by the 20-year-old Viennese terrorist attacker, but “obviously something went wrong in other communication measures.” Therefore, the minister wants to create an independent commission of inquiry.
The information to the Slovak authorities is likely to have remained in the BVT. In any case, the Judiciary has not received any information about the incident, as highlighted by Barbara Göth-Flemmich, head of the section for individual criminal matters at the Ministry of Justice. According to StA Vienna, the magazine’s prosecutor was not informed of this detail until the night of the attack.
A perpetrator in Vienna
In any case, you must be sure that the direct act of terrorism was committed by the perpetrator with a single shot. In any case, the video evaluation supports the single-offender theory, as Nehammer explained. More than 20,000 videos have been fully evaluated, more than a terabyte of data. Including both the videos from the surveillance cameras and those that were transmitted to the police. Researchers are currently working on and reviewing the motion profile based on the findings from the video analysis.
14 arrests in raids
The 14 people arrested in raids in Vienna, Lower Austria and Upper Austria are between the ages of 18 and 28 and have immigration or other nationalities, said Director General of Public Security Franz Ruf. During the total of 18 home searches, a great deal was secured, including a number of data carriers that now need to be thoroughly evaluated.
Kickl criticizes Nehammer massively
Even before Nehammer’s appearance, his predecessor Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) had criticized him harshly. The FPÖ club president accused Nehammer of “misinformation”. Contrary to the statements of the minister and his main officials, the author and those around him were observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The question arises as to why the protection of the Constitution has not been “ingrained long ago.” In his opinion, the attack could have been prevented.
Kickl referred to the information available to the FPÖ, according to which the author was under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, from the moment immediately after his release from prison until his act on Monday night. Kickl brought two undercover investigation operations under the names “ANSA” and “ZULU” to the table. The first would have started in early 2020 and served to monitor the Islamist scene in Vienna “including the subsequent attacker.”
National Security Council meets after Vienna Terror
The National Security Council meeting on the terrorist attack in Vienna began shortly after 4 pm in the Vienna Hofburg on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens), Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and representatives of the parliamentary groups also participate.
