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One mosque has been ordered to close and another one has also been closed, which is officially considered an association. This was announced by the country’s Integration Minister, Susanne Raab, at a press conference on Friday.
Interior Minister: “Unacceptable mistakes” were made
Vienna Police Chief and Interior Minister Karl Nehammer also criticized the handling of the case. Nehammer stated that “unacceptable errors” were made in transferring information and assessing the threat landscape. In particular, a tip from Slovakia concerning an Austrian citizen who tried to buy ammunition was not handled correctly.
According to the police, the suspects located and detained during the raids in Germany have spent time with the perpetrator. According to previous information from the police, 14 people have been arrested after the event.
Killed several
However, testimonies and videos of the incident indicate that the perpetrator, identified as Kujtim Fejzulai, 20, carried out the attack himself. Armed with automatic weapons and a fake bomb belt, he killed four people and wounded 24, before he himself was shot to death.
Fejzulai was born in Austria but also had the citizenship of North Macedonia. He is said to have previously expressed sympathy for the Islamic State and ended up on the police radar in connection with his attempt to travel to Syria to join the terrorist sect.
