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The killer, who was shot by police, was 20 years old and last lived in District 23. He was previously detained for attempting to travel to Syria and joining ISIS. He was only released in December 2019.
Only nine minutes passed after the first emergency call to the police; By then, the killer was already dead. Before police shot him, the man, and other suspected perpetrators, are said to have carried out Austria’s worst terrorist attack in decades in central Vienna. .
Now the suspected terrorist has been identified: Kujtim T. was 20 years old, had roots in North Macedonia (ethnic Albanian group) and had a relevant criminal record. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced Tuesday morning that police forces shot T. near the Ruprechtskirche.
The man, who has both Austrian and North Macedonian citizenship, did not get out of jail until December of the previous year, according to “press” information. Kujtim F. was recently in Krems-Stein prison, where he spent 22 months. He was conditionally released from this sentence after serving two-thirds of the sentence, for which he was released on parole.
