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Fires have started in six different places in Vienna. Several perpetrators killed one person and injured several more.
It all started in the 1920s in Seitenstettengasse. Later, several suspects began firing rifles.
There have been a total of six shooting episodes in the Austrian capital.
It is Karl Nehammer, the Austrian interior minister, who tells the ORF broadcaster that it is probably a terrorist attack committed by several people.
Please stay inside
A spokesman for the ambulance service claims that one person died and several were injured. Another spokesman for hospitals in the Vienna region, Daniel Melcher, claims that 15 people were transferred to hospitals in connection with the attack. The condition of seven of these is described as severe.
A triage area, a damage assessment site, has been created in the center of the city.
Police say one person died. Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig tells ORF broadcaster that one of the perpetrators was also shot dead.
Police moved in with all available equipment Monday night. They quickly asked people to stay inside and avoid sharing videos and photos of what was happening.
A police officer is among the injured.
The perpetrators are said to have fled the scene and many people are also reported to be fleeing the scene.
There is a Jewish religious community nearby where several of the shootings occurred. It is unclear if this building was the target.
According to the leader of the Israeli religious community in Austria, Oskar Deutsch, the synagogue and the Seitenstettengasse offices were closed when the shooting began. He also notes that it is unclear if the synagogue was the target.
He asks everyone who stays in the area to stay inside.
Closed streets
Danish police have closed several streets around the synagogues in Copenhagen following reports of a terrorist attack in Vienna.
Although it is not clear that the ongoing attack in Vienna is targeting the city’s synagogue, Danish police have tightened security around the synagogues in Copenhagen. Several surrounding streets are blocked.
“We have taken some preventive security measures and increased preparedness for emergencies,” Deputy Police Inspector Rasmus Agerskov Schultz tells Danish news agency Ritzau.
Police said Monday night that public transportation no longer stops in the city center.
– Stay in and away from public places, they write on Twitter.
Is in vienna
Kenan Buhic (22) from Stavanger says he was heading to Stephansplatz, which is a ten-minute walk from Schwedenplatz, when he heard over the subway’s speaker system that several lines were closed.
He got out and continued toward the plaza on foot. He turned when he received a link from VG, heard the sirens and saw people start to walk away.
Buhic, who often studies in Germany, says he and a friend are now staying in a bar a mile from Stephansplatz.
– It’s going well, but it’s quite uncomfortable. It’s very strange, says Buhic.
