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In the city center of Vienna, a murderer killed four bystanders on Monday night and injured many others, some seriously. Now it is clear: a German woman is also among the fatalities.
A German was also killed in the terrorist attack in Vienna. “We now have the sad certainty that a German citizen is also among the victims of the attack in Vienna,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) said in Berlin on Tuesday. He expressed his condolences to family and friends.
We now have the sad certainty that a German citizen is also among the victims of the attack in #Vienna it is. Our condolences and condolences go out to his family and friends.
– Heiko Maas 🇪🇺 (@HeikoMaas) November 3, 2020
“We share the mourning for the victims with the people of Vienna and all of Austria, but also the determination to counter fanaticism and terror with all our might,” Maas said. “Now we have to clearly show the perpetrators: you will never achieve your goal, the division of our society.”
IS claims the stop for itself
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia claimed the attack for itself. A “caliphate soldier” carried out the attack with firearms and a knife and killed or wounded some 30 people in the Austrian capital, including police officers, ISIS said on its Naschir News platform on Tuesday.
Four people were killed and 22 injured, some seriously, in the attack in the Austrian capital on Monday night. The killer, according to authorities a 20-year-old man, was shot dead by police. After the bloodbath, 14 people around him were provisionally detained and 18 homes were searched.
Arrests also in Switzerland
In addition, Switzerland reported two arrests in connection with the attack. The two Swiss men, 18 and 24, were arrested in Winterthur, police said.
The event took place near the main Jewish synagogue in the center of Vienna. The murderer opened fire around 8 pm According to government sources, nine minutes later he was killed by a special police unit. Authorities took on a single attacker Tuesday afternoon.
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