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In Monday night’s attack in central Vienna, the 20-year-old killer four people dead and 22 injured, some seriouslybefore the police shot him. “They were interpersonal tragedies that I will never forget,” said a police officer who was involved in the operation.
In Switzerland, where there were several arrests on Tuesday, investigations are continuing at full speed.
The terror in Vienna shocked half the world, as international press reports show. An explanation is also sought.
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A young Islamist terrorist fires his hatred against Western society in the heart of Vienna. That society that prematurely and negligently gave him, the prisoner, his freedom. What to reveal about such a person? Face? Name? We fought for an answer and the majority decided no. Where the name appeared digitally, we delete it. In the discussion we recall New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who called the Christchurch attacker at the time: “He wants fame. Do not understand. New Zealand will no longer give you anything, not even your name.“We follow this word as well. Not out of false protection, but as an extreme form of ostracism. Only the victims should be remembered.”
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8:40 am.: Investigations continue in Switzerland
The two Swiss arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Winterthur are likely to have been in close contact with the Vienna attacker. How Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said at night in a panel discussion of the “St. Galler Tagblatt”, those arrested are Killer’s “Colleagues”. “The three men also met physically,” she was quoted in the online edition of the newspaper.
the Federal Police Office He announced on Twitter at night that the two detainees were known to the authorities for terrorism processes of the federal prosecutor’s office. Information exchange with the Austrian authorities and all national partners is in full swing.
8:30 am.: Tajani calls the European FBI
After the attack in Vienna, the defendant former President of the EU Parliament Antonio Tajani the establishment of a European FBI. “Europe is under attack, the attacks in Nice and Vienna show that Islamic terrorism wants to strike at the heart of European and Western civilization,” the former EU parliamentarian and top politician of the right-wing conservative Forza Italia said in a video. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
7:35 am: Police at their worst
In the Monday night attack in central Vienna, the 20-year-old killer killed four people and wounded 22, some seriously, before police shot him. “They were interpersonal tragedies that I will never forget,” a police officer who was involved in the operation told the APA. “There were repeated shots. We rescued injured people and we really didn’t know where to go. Because we didn’t know exactly where this idiot is,” he said.
6:00 am.: Schallenberg speaks to the Council of Europe
Foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) addresses his ministerial colleagues on Wednesday at the 130th Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, to be held virtually. At first he wanted to talk about the “great burden that the global Covid-19 pandemic represents for all of us” with “travel warnings, blockade measures and negative social and economic effects,” says the Foreign Minister. “On Monday night, however, we were hit by a different global virus.”
10:55 pm: Researchers of extremism: big problem of released prisoners
The Viennese assassin is an example of a group of jihadists for which European countries should better prepare, that is, in the 2010s sentenced to prison who have now been released be. To prevent them from committing terrorist attacks, comprehensive prevention programs would have been necessary from the first day of prison, and with acute risk of violence also the possibility of custody, thinks the Extremism researcher Peter Neumann at ZiB2.
10.30pm: The perpetrator is said to have bought ammunition in Slovakia
According to German newspaper reports, the Islamist attacker traveled to the city with another man in summer Slovakia. Consequently, several people have been involved in planning the attack.
The killer is said to have traveled to neighboring Slovakia in July 2020 to collect ammunition for the AK-47 assault rifle to buy. The 20-year-old shot with such a weapon on Monday night.
The austrian Home Office It has already been confirmed that the subsequent murderer went to the neighboring country and there it was noticed. However, the Slovak authorities did not investigate this.
10:20 pm.: Switzerland apparently in close contact with the killer
The two Swiss arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Winterthur are likely to have been in close contact with the Vienna attacker. As Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said in a panel discussion at St. Galler Tagblatt at night, those arrested are “colleagues” of the murderer. “The three men also met physically,” she was quoted in the online edition of the newspaper.
In the afternoon, the Federal Police Office announced on Twitter that the two detained persons were known to the authorities for terrorism processes of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. Information exchange with the Austrian authorities and all national partners is in full swing.
9:00 pm .: In short: early discharge “definitely bad”
Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) harshly criticized the early release of the Viennese terrorist attacker on Tuesday. With today’s knowledge, this decision was “definitely wrong,” he said in the Special ZiB“If he had not gotten out of jail, the terrorist attack would not have happened like this.” Kurz also advocated for a stronger fight against political Islam at the European level.
The murdered perpetrator was released conditionally, with conditions, after two-thirds of incarceration in December 2019 instead of this July. One had to wonder, Kurz said, why the court made this decision. However, the chancellor saw that only one person was “guilty” of the “barbaric and cowardly Islamist terrorist attack”: “There is exactly one culprit, and that is the murderer.”
19.50: Terror becomes the main theme
the Islamist terrorist attacks in Vienna and Nice must content Focus of the next meeting of EU interior ministers its. The German agreed Interior Minister Horst Seehofer Tuesday with his Austrian counterpart Karl Nehammer. Originally, the November 13 meeting was supposed to be about the Reform of the Common European Asylum and Migration Policy Let’s go.
Seehofer said he had Nehammer to clarify the background to the terrorist attack in Vienna. Promised support. “We stand firmly on the side of our Austrian friends,” emphasized Seehofer. “I condemn this barbarian act of terror in the strongest way possible, “he added.
Europeans could be the terrorists and their sponsors just stop trading together. That night, Seehofer wanted to discuss the current security situation in Germany with the interior ministers of the federal states.
The police also ask people in the city center not to leave their homes, stay in pubs and stay away from public transport; underground traffic has been partially closed.
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The police also call on the population not to publish videos and photos while the operation is ongoing.
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According to the mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ), it is likely that the perpetrator killed not an explosives belt, but a mannequin have carried. This is still being investigated. He was armed with a long gun, but also with a pistol and a machete, just like “very well prepared“As Ludwig explained. Police are still verifying the identity of the killer.
Still several videos were circulating showing armed men in the city centershooting wildly. One video even shows a victim, possibly a police officer, falling to the ground at Schwedenplatz. A man with a Kalashnikov-style weapon runs down a cobbled alley and shoots.
5 am: Announced on Instagram?
About The origin and motive of the perpetrators have yet to be officially announced., foreign media report that they are supporters of IS. The German newspaper “Bild” reported, with a pixelated photo, that the possible main culprit is an IS supporter be. He got it Tat announced on Instagram on Monday. This cannot be confirmed at the moment, but it is “his turn” and hopefully he can provide information at the press conference announced for 6 am, said Interior Ministry spokesman Harald Sörös of the APA.
the Large-scale deployment of the executive ran into the night. 150 Cobra and 100 Wega officers were on duty, in addition to several 100 patrolmen and civil servants. The director general of public security, Franz Ruf, said that security would be guaranteed with all his might. Also in consultation with partner countries increased controls at Austrian borders accomplished. Further damage must be avoided, said Gerhard Pürstl, head of the state police in Vienna.
The armed forces were also activated. The soldiers took over all the protection of the property. in the federal capital to relieve the police and parts of the hunting squad were provided to support the fight against terrorism.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) confirmed in ORF that it was the attack “definitely a terrorist attack” have acted. This was prepared “very professionally”. The perpetrators were also very well armed. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) spoke of the “toughest day for Austria in many years”.
The police appealed to the population for the continuing danger: “When you’re home, stay home!” It was strongly recommended that anyone on the move should not leave the safe rooms or should try to go to a safe room. The city of Vienna was cordoned off in a large area, public transport did not stop in the city center.
