Attack in Vienna: “This is our Europe” – Macron reacts with a declaration of war

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FFrench President Emmanuel Macron reacted to the suspected terrorist attack in the Austrian capital Vienna with a declaration of war, although the background is still unclear.

Macron wrote that night Twitterthat France shares Austria’s shock and pain. “After France, it is a friendly state that is under attack. This is our Europe. Our enemies need to know who they are dealing with. We will not give up, ”Macron emphasized.

Last week there was an Islamist terrorist attack in Nice: a 21-year-old Tunisian killed several people in a church in a particularly brutal way. Master Samuel Paty had previously been beheaded near Paris. Turkish President Erdogan had acted repeatedly and verbally in the direction of Macrons, who had declared war on Islamism. It is not yet known if the Islamists are behind the act in Vienna.

“Disgusting terrorist attack”

Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz it condemned the attack in central Vienna as a “repulsive terrorist attack”. “We will never be intimidated by terrorism and we will combat these attacks with all means,” Kurz said Monday night. The police will take decisive action against the perpetrators.

Federal Minister for the Economy Peter Altmaier He tweeted: “The terrorist attack in Vienna shakes us deeply. It is one of many in recent times. Therefore, we must do much more to protect our fellow Jews and other innocents to the best of our ability. Your confidence in our country should never be disappointed! “

The Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte strongly condemned the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna. “In our common European home there must be no room for hatred and violence,” Conte wrote on Monday night on Twitter. Italy supports the Austrian people. The country thinks of the families of the victims and the injured. Rome’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio made a similar statement. “Europe must react,” he wrote. According to initial information from the authorities, at least one person died and many were injured in the alleged terrorist attack in the center of Vienna, several of them seriously.

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna. “Even if the extent of the terror is not yet foreseeable: our thoughts are with the wounded and the victims in these difficult hours,” he says in a message that was posted Monday night by the German Foreign Ministry on Twitter. “We must not give in to the hatred that is supposed to divide our societies.”

The President of the Council of the EU, Charles Michel He said on Twitter that the act was directed against “life and our human values.” The EU is on the side of Austria.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission He tweeted: “I am shocked and saddened by the brutal attack in Vienna. My thoughts are with the families of the victims and the Austrian population. Europe stands by Austria in full solidarity. We are stronger than hatred and terror. “

António Guterres, UN Secretary General strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the center of Vienna. He is following the situation with “extreme concern,” the UN chief said, according to a statement Tuesday night in New York. Guterres expressed his condolences to the victim’s family and wished the injured a speedy recovery. The United Nations is on the side of the Austrian people and their government.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson he appeared horrified. Addressing the Austrians, he wrote: “We are united with you against terrorism.”

US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brian explains about the attack: “There is no justification for such hatred and violence.” The democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks of a “terrible terrorist attack” in Vienna. “We all have to unite against hatred and violence,” he says.