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UPDATE, 2.30 pm.: Press conference in Linz: The police operation this morning in Linz is related to the terrorist act in Vienna. The Cobra unit and 80 policemen were sent to Vienna.
LINZ. “It is an attack against our values, against freedom and against democracy,” said Landeshautmann Thomas Stelzer – State Councilor Birgit Gerstorfer (SPÖ), State Councilor Stefan Kaineder (The Greens) and Lieutenant Governor Manfred Haimbuchner expressed their dismay at a press conference in view of the terrorist act in Vienna last night. As a first reaction, there are now increased security measures throughout the central Linz area. As a result, what can be done against terrorism or terrorists under the rule of law must now be examined.
More than 80 oö. Police officers in Vienna
The director of the state police, Andreas Pilsl, gave the first details about the use of Upper Austria. Known to the police. Yesterday a Cobra unit from Upper Austria was dispatched to Vienna. Today, in coordination with the Viennese police, 80 men “with long weapons” were dispatched for new security tasks. “Immediately after the attack in Vienna, our forces were guarding the synagogue in Linz,” Pilsl said. Other public buildings, mainly Jewish institutions and churches, but also the Linz Landhaus and national borders, are now under increased surveillance.
Arrest in Linz
According to Pilsl, this morning’s mission in Linz is related to the events in Vienna. At the request of the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office, a man was arrested and his apartment searched. He is currently being questioned by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. “I can’t explain the more detailed background,” says Pilsl.
State of mourning, flags at half mast
In view of the terrorist attack in the federal capital Vienna, the federal government has decided on a three-day state duel. In accordance with this, public buildings will be marked with mourning for Thursday, flags will be placed at half mast. Governor Stelzer has arranged for the state colors on the roof gable to be set at half mast at the Linz country house and a black flag to be flown. In addition, all state-owned buildings will be marked with mourning for three days. Public celebrations will be canceled, unless they have already been canceled for Covid-19 reasons.
UPDATE, 12.20 pm.: Special police forces arrested a man in South Linz. The mission is said to have taken place around 10 a.m.
UPPER AUSTRIA / VIENNA. Videos can be seen of heavily armed police driving the man from his apartment. According to media reports, he may be an Islamist. It is not yet known whether the arrest is related to the terrorist attack in Vienna.
Original report:
“There is no threatening situation, but the police are more sensitive”: this is how Upper Austria police spokesman David Furtner described the situation in Upper Austria this morning.
After the terrorist attacks in Vienna with four dead and 17 injured so far, the entire republic and especially the federal capital is in a state of shock. As Falter Editor-in-Chief Florian Klenk reports, the alleged perpetrator is said to be a 20-year-old Vienna native with Albanian roots. He was on the constitutional protection radar because he is said to have attempted to travel to Syria as one of approximately 90 Austrian Islamists. According to Falter, her parents come from North Macedonia and went unnoticed on Islamism issues.
“No current threat in Upper Austria”
According to police spokesman Furtner, an Islamist scene is also being observed in Upper Austria. It is said that currently there is no threat situation. Upper Austrian police forces have yet to be called upon from Vienna, but that could change later in the day, Furtner said.
Governor: “Barbarian Act of Terror”
Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) called the attack in Vienna “a horrible and barbaric terrorist act that leaves the entire country in mourning. Our hearts go out to the victims, the injured and their families.” The rule of law must act resolutely and unanimously against groups that bring terror, violence and horror to our country.
Regional Councilor Birgit Gerstorfer (SPÖ) called for the cohesion of society: “At this difficult time, my thoughts are with the victims, the injured and their families. We will not accept an attack on our peaceful coexistence. We will be enemies of our democratic constitutional state we did not give up and our freedom was I am sure: the zest for life and the joy of living of the people who live in Vienna and throughout Austria cannot be defeated.
Haimbuchner: “He will defend this country”
FPÖ leader Manfred Haimbuchner calls the attack a “crime against humanity and a cowardly murder”. He considers the terrorist act as proof of Islamism’s fight against Western culture and wants to start a debate on expatriation and the withdrawal of citizenship for terrorists and those threatened by Islam.
“As citizens of this country we will never give way to this terrorism and we will show that we are willing to defend our culture, our freedom and our country with all means if necessary,” Haimbuchner said.
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