Arrests after the attack in Vienna: apparently suspected of terrorism among them – Wien Aktuell



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After the terrorist act in Vienna: Apparently there are terrorism suspects among those arrested.


After the terrorist act in Vienna: Apparently there are terrorism suspects among those arrested.
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Among those arrested after the terrorist attack in Vienna, there are likely to be several people who are or were being investigated on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization (Article 278b of the Penal Code). There is also one convicted of this crime: the attacker tried to travel to Syria with this man in 2018, where they were arrested in Turkey.

As is clear from the request made by the APA, among the detainees was also an 18-year-old from Bangladesh, who was being investigated for a terrorist organization (Article 278b of the Penal Code) at the time of the attack.

The Vienna attacker and his “traveling companion” tried to reach the Islamic State

The killer and his “traveling companion” were arrested by the Turkish authorities when they tried to reach the radical Islamic terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS). After several months in prison, they were transferred to Austria and convicted of terrorist organization in Vienna in April 2019. The now 21-year-old “traveling companion” received 21 months in prison, the murderer 22 months.

According to information from the APA, the two obviously like-minded comrades may also have visited together the mosque on Hasnerstrasse in Vienna, which has already been mentioned several times in connection with the radical Islamic scene. According to media reports, the Islamist Mohamed M. and Lorenz K., who was sentenced to nine years in prison as an Islamic State terrorist, routinely stayed on this property.

Viennese terrorist “known for years as a member of the radical Islamist scene”

The request for the arrest and search of the house also shows that the killer has been “known for years as a member of the radical Islamist scene.” In the arrested persons, twelve contact persons were found, in some cases close, of the perpetrator: “All these people are ha. (This means” in the house “, note) known for their belonging to the radical Islamist scene and also to places frequent (i. generally mosques), which are also part of the Salafist scene “.

The app also notes that there is confidential information about the murdered killer “that he and another man should have traveled to Slovakia in mid-July 2020 to obtain ammunition for an AK47 assault rifle.” The vehicle used was registered in the name of the mother of one of the men named in the arrest request. The 21-year-old was apparently not the assassin’s copilot, but there was reason to believe he knew the copilot.

In short, it cannot be ruled out “that there are accomplices among the people mentioned or that the people mentioned were at least involved in the attack plans,” according to official correspondence.



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