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Perpetrator Kujtim Fejzulai, an Austrian-born 20-year-old who also had citizenship in North Macedonia, was shot and killed by police nine minutes after launching his attack in the Austrian capital Vienna, writes The Guardian.
He was armed with automatic weapons and a fake bomb belt.
Killed four
Fejzulai killed four people and wounded 23 in the terror attack, including a police officer guarding the synagogue where the attack took place.
The victims are “an old man, an old woman, a young man who passed by and a waitress,” according to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Tried joining IS
The perpetrator is said to have previously expressed sympathy for the Islamic State, IS, and left the country to join the terror group in 2018. But the Turkish authorities detained him and sent him back to Austria, where he was arrested by police and sentenced to 22 months in prison, writes The Guardian.
Among other things, he was forced to participate in a de-radicalization program. However, after serving his sentence, he continued to secretly sympathize with the Islamic State and violent Islamism.
“He managed to fool the system”
At a press conference, Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer confirmed the information.
– Certainly, everyone has worked the best they could. But the fact is that the terrorist managed to fool the judicial system de-radicalization program, deceived the people in it, and obtained an early release through it. Therefore, there were no warning signs of his radicalization, says the interior minister.
