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“The act was definitely committed by one person. That is fixed,” said Michael Lohnegger, head of the Nov. 2 unit, which was formed to investigate the terrorist attack in Vienna on Friday. For the investigators it is true: there were no “direct accomplices”. So far 60 people have been heard as witnesses, 20 house searches have been conducted and no evidence has been found of any other direct person involved, according to Lohnegger.
However, there are possible accomplices or sympathizers: so far 21 suspects have been investigated, ten of them are in custody. The other eleven are at large because there are not enough grounds for their arrest, as Nina Bussek, spokeswoman for the Vienna Public Prosecutor, told a press conference.
The question about the specific contributions that the defendants are suspected of leaving Bussek unanswered, referring to the ongoing investigation “at full speed.”
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Surveys include “various services from foreign partners”. In order not to lose their trust, one must be careful about disclosing information, he said. The FBI is reportedly supposed to track the social media channels of potential arrested accomplices, but this has not been officially confirmed.
The “November 2” research group includes criminologists and experts from the fields of terrorism and jihadism, scientists, analysts and forensic technicians. The chief, Michael Lohnegger, has been a senior detective in Styria since 2012 and has completed a master’s degree from Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and an apprenticeship with a focus on counterterrorism at the FBI Academy.
