Vienna: Shooting near the synagogue in the city center – Large-scale police operation

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IIn Vienna there was an attack near the main synagogue in the city center. As a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry confirmed to the APA news agency on Monday night, at least one police officer was seriously injured in a shooting in central Vienna near Schwedenplatz. He was said to have been shot with a long pistol. One perpetrator was arrested. It has not yet been confirmed if the nearby synagogue was the target of the attack, the spokeswoman said. It was a terrorist attack or a riot.

According to information from Oe24, which cites the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, the author is said to have been armed with an AK47 assault rifle. According to the Interior Ministry, other perpetrators are on the run. “Oe24” also showed a video of a fugitive attacker wearing a bandana and a beard armed with an AK47, another video showed at least two perpetrators.

Noisy “Falter“The exact scene of the first shots was the Seitenstettengasse, a man in riot gear fired at random at the bars. Vienna police wrote on Twitter about several injured people; so far no deaths have been reported there.

According to the “standard”, several shots should have been fired at Schwedenplatz. Vienna’s main synagogue, the City Temple, is located in the immediate vicinity of the square. Police are on the scene with a large contingent, a spokesperson for the “rule” confirmed. According to the newspaper, the Schottenring metro station was cordoned off by officials from the Wega special unit. The situation is confusing.

The Vienna police announced on Twitter that there was a large police operation in the city center. “We are more and more on the site with our forces. More precise circumstances are currently being investigated ”. Police urged the public to stay away from the crime scene in the city center and avoid other public places in the city.

Also, no videos or photos should be shared on social media.

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde President Oskar Deutsch wrote on Twitter that it could not be said at the moment if the city’s temple was one of the targets. “What is certain, however, is that both the synagogue at Seitenstettengasse and the office building at the same address were no longer in operation and were closed at the time of the first shots.”