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“Four people and one assailant were killed,” Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said by Der Standart on Tuesday. The publication added that the number of injured also rose to 17.
BREAKAGE: Active shooter in or near synagogue in Vienna, Austria; casualty reports pic.twitter.com/GmNLJWl6i2
– BNO News (@BNONews) November 2, 2020
According to the minister, two men and two women were mortally wounded in the attack in the center of Vienna. Police also shot the assailant, armed with a machine gun and wrapped in a fake belt of a deadly explosive.
“We witnessed the attack by at least one Islamist terrorist last night,” Nehammer told reporters.
PHOTO GALLERY. Attack on a synagogue in Vienna
He noted that preliminary data from the investigation showed that the beaten suspect sympathized with the Islamic State jihadist movement. Police searched the man’s apartment and searched other locations, the Austrian news agency APA reported.
The exact number of attackers is not yet known. Police continue to search for possible accomplices of the murdered attacker.
Shooting in the Inner City district – people are injured – STAY AWAY from all public places or public transportation – do not share videos or photos!
– VIENNA POLICE (@LPDWien) November 2, 2020
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