“Allah will settle the score”: no grave for Vienna terrorists – terror in Vienna

The date of the funeral of the Vienna assassin, who killed four people and seriously wounded more than 20 in his bloody act, had not yet been set, but he was to be buried in the Islamic cemetery in Vienna-Leising. Now nothing of that comes out, because the cemetery refuses to bury the man’s body. “Allah will settle accounts with him. But we also had the feeling that we had to do something,” quotes the administrator of the cemetery Ali I. “Kurier”.

According to the report, the cemetery administrator mentions several reasons for the refusal: the murderer is a murderer who has killed innocent people, he has also hurt all Muslims and numerous believers have said that they “do not want to be next to a murderer “. The community is behind the decision to decline the funeral, says Ali I. With the decision, an appointment for the funeral was anticipated.

The central cemetery is also possible

As an alternative, a burial would now be possible in the second Islamic cemetery in Vorarlberg, in the central cemetery of Vienna or in North Macedonia, the author of which was also an Austrian citizen. As also emerged Wednesday, the terrorist had apparently prepared his community housing apartment for a shooting. When special police forces gained access with an explosive charge a few hours after the attack and broke in, they found the furniture attached as a possible cover for an exchange of gunfire.

It is not yet clear whether the killer acted alone or had helpers among his friends. Suspects arrested in connection with the murder vehemently deny it. A total of ten men with radical Islamic ideology are currently in custody. The perpetrator himself opened fire in the center of Vienna on November 2, armed with a rifle, pistol, and machete, and shot passersby and local visitors at random. At least four people lost their lives as a result, before nine minutes later the 20-year-old was killed by police bullets.