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The Vienna assassin, Kujtim F. († 20), was in prison for belonging to a terrorist group. He was released early eleven months ago. Monday night caused a bloodbath in the center of Vienna. F. indiscriminately fired his Kalashnikov at people enjoying a mild November night in the guest gardens before the partial closure of Corona in Austria. Four people were killed, sustained numerous gunshot wounds and cuts, some of them serious.
The security forces managed to “shut down” the murderer in nine minutes. Prior to that, the judiciary had failed to recognize dual Austrian-Macedonian citizenship from the north as a terrorist threat. The sole perpetrator “perfidiously exploited the system,” Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (48) said the day after the night of terror.
The minister criticizes the judiciary for the prompt release of the terrorist. It must be put in place to “identify a real threat in a recognizable way and then remove it from circulation together with the judiciary,” Nehammer said.
Minister: “He has massively deceived everyone”
For comparison: in Britain, prematurely released Islamists carried out several attacks. This led to harsh criticism of the British judicial authorities. The measures have been tightened. Now Austria has had a similar fate.
The Vienna assassin was sentenced to 22 months in prison on April 25, 2019 for belonging to a terrorist organization. On December 5, F. got out of jail early. After that, he had a probation officer. He was cared for by an association specialized in the “de-radicalization” of radical Islamic criminals. It was never monitored.
Even in prison he must have persuaded a lot. The authorities seemed convinced that he had departed from radicalism. “Apparently, he has massively deceived all who acted to the best of his knowledge and belief, and thus achieved his early release,” Nehammer told the “messenger”.
Radicalized in mosque
Even the defense attorney who represented F. 2019 in the proceedings apparently did not notice anything about double play. “I never thought it would be possible for him to become a murderer,” lawyer Nikolaus Rast told the Austrian media. The young man had the misfortune to meet the wrong friends: “If he had not gone to a mosque but to boxing, he would have become a boxer,” Rast said.
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution also paid no attention and it is not clear how F. obtained his weapons. During the attack, he enraged with a shortened AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle, pistol, and machete. Apparently there was no accomplice, but a total of 14 people around him were arrested. An exchange of gunfire ensued when an apartment was robbed in Linz. (kes)
