Vienna shooting LIVE: mass persecution after ISIS ‘Instagram’ terrorists killed 4 in shooting near Austrian synagogue



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A massive 1,000 PEOPLE manhunt is underway to find several “armed and dangerous” ISIS gunmen after a massacre near a synagogue in Vienna.

Austrian public broadcaster ORF cited witnesses who said that several shots were fired shortly after 8 pm (7 pm GMT) in the center of the capital.

Four people died and 17 were injured as a result of the attacks, which took place in six different locations near the Stadttempel synagogue.

A police officer was also shot and wounded. Several perpetrators are said to be at large and at large, according to the Austrian Interior Ministry.

A gunman named Kurtin S, armed with an assault rifle and wearing a fake bulletproof vest, was shot dead after the riot.

Before the massacre, Kurtin S announced his attack on Instagram and pledged allegiance to ISIS. He is understood to be a 20-year-old from Austria and North Macedonia who had previously been imprisoned for attempting to travel to Syria.

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