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Last Thursday, according to Austrian media, some 50 young Turks gathered on a shopping street in the south of Vienna and succeeded, chanting Islamist slogans and firing fireworks.
After that, shouting “Alahu Akbar”, he invaded St. Anthony’s Church, kicked the knee of the church pews. When the pastor called the police on the phone, the young men fled, leaving only their video on surveillance cameras.
In recent weeks, there have been repeated cases of provocations, confrontations and disrespectful behavior in front of this Catholic Church, according to what has been written in the Austrian press.
And on the last Saturday around eight o’clock in the morning a young man who entered St. Stapon Cathedral, one of the most famous cathedrals in Europe, began to call himself Alahu Akbar.
Police summoned by a church employee arrested a 25-year-old Afghan, allegedly mentally ill, as kurier.at later reported. A police team that searched the church found no suspicious or explosive items.
“This is all serious business: believers have the right to pray without hindrance. This right is one of the pillars of peaceful coexistence and must be protected, especially in Vienna, where religious peace is exemplary,” said Michael Prüller, spokesman. of the Archdiocese of Vienna, following the incidents.
The archdiocese condemned the attack and demanded “a swift investigation” and “action.”
Following the Islamist attack in the Austrian capital on Monday night, the cases are again mentioned in the press as a troublesome background.
The first details about the attacker
The Austrian government declared three days of mourning after the terrorist attack in the capital Vienna, which claimed the lives of four people.
At least four bystanders were killed in the shootout in the capital, and an alleged shooter was killed by police. Another 17 people were injured, seven of them in serious condition and their lives in danger.
The assailant, who was shot by the police, was a 20-year-old man. According to Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, the alleged attacker had previously been convicted of collaborating with a terrorist organization.
He had dual citizenship and was an Austrian and North Macedonian citizen who was sympathetic to the extremist group Islamic State (IS).
In April 2019, the man was sentenced to prison for attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. The man was sentenced to 22 months in prison, but was released on probation in early December.
Police were fired at six different locations in central Vienna on Monday night, including the capital’s main synagogue.
Police raided 15 houses and arrested several people linked to the suspect. Police are looking for at least one more suspect after the attack.
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