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Video footage available to the police suggests a lone perpetrator. He killed four people, including a German. An increased level of warning applies until all material has been evaluated. There were a total of 18 house searches and 14 arrests. On Wednesday there will probably be a normal school day in Vienna again.
The first shots were fired around 8 pm Monday night in the center of Vienna, near Schwedenplatz. Shortly after 2 p.m. the next day, it’s clear: the perpetrator may have acted alone. That was the result of the video material that has been evaluated so far.
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The most important information at a glance
- The terrorist attack in Vienna left at least four dead. Among them there is one German citizen. 22 people were injured, 14 of them were difficult, including a police officer. He was taken to safety by Austrians with a migrant background, Nehammer stressed Tuesday afternoon. None of the victims is in danger of death.
- The culprit was incapacitated in nine minutes done. “What impressed me deeply: the first shooting was at 8 pm, closing at 8:09 pm,” said the interior minister. The perpetrator was shot and killed by the police.
- It is I should have acted alone. However, all the video material available to the police has not yet been evaluated. Therefore, the second perpetrator cannot yet be ruled out. Until all video material has been viewed, A higher level of warning applies to Vienna. Of the total of about 20,000 videos the police had, about half had been viewed by Tuesday afternoon.
- The killer was a IS terrorist group supporters. For example, he posted a photo with the weapons of the subsequent murder and the slogans posted on Facebook. The author was 20 years old, with North Macedonian roots and a relevant criminal record (Article 278b of the Penal Code). He was traveling with a fake explosive belt and an automatic long pistol, a pistol and a machete. Possibly he could have bought ammunition for his gun in Slovakia. What we know so far about the killer
- There was a total of 18 home searches and 14 arrests in the perpetrator’s environment. Ammunition parts were found in the perpetrator’s house.
- Compulsory schooling was suspended on Tuesday. Compulsory schooling applies again on Wednesday, provided that the security situation does not change, as the “press” has learned.
- Debate on freedom and citizenship: The author’s Austrian citizenship was withdrawn. Upper Austria’s Deputy Governor Manfred Haimbuchner (FPÖ) wants to be able to expatriate terrorists and Islamist threats more easily. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer criticized the early release from prison. Justice Minister Alma Zadic defended this: After early release, there are conditions such as regular contacts to restart, this is not the case with a fully served prison sentence.
- “It was an attack of hatred”: On Tuesday morning, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz condemned the terrorist attack in a speech to the population. “It was an attack of hatred, on our way of life, on our democracy,” Kurz said. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen spoke of a “cowardly terrorist attack at the heart of our society.” But hatred can never be as strong “as our community.”
- The government has decided a three-day state duel. Public buildings will be marked with mourning flags until Thursday inclusive, no football matches will be held. At 12 noon there was a minute of silence on Tuesday. Official Austrian representatives and the president of Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Österreich (IKG), Oskar Deutsch, placed wreaths near the crime scene.
- The starting point of the attacks was Seitenstettengasse. In the episode there was still more crime scenes in the center of Vienna: Am Ruprechtsplatz, Franz-Josefs-Kai, Morzinplatz and Fleischmarkt.
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