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Vienna police have announced that their “investigation into the attack will go to the highest level” and that all available resources will be used to maintain public safety in the city.

Here is the German message for our Austrian readers:

Here’s more of Rabbi Sclomo Hofmeister, who told LBC Radio in London that he lives in the compound of the Central Vienna Synagogue.

“After hearing the shots, we looked out the windows (from below) and saw gunmen firing at guests at various bars and pubs,” he said.

“Gunmen were running around and shooting at least 100 rounds or more in front of our building.”

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Thanks to a sincere people who have already written to us. We hope that those who are currently in Vienna during the night get more updates.

Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig says 15 people have been hospitalized, seven with serious injuries. As far as we understand, these attacks have resulted in the deaths of two civilians.

If you’re just joining us: Police said several shots were fired shortly after 8 p.m. Monday. (1900 GMT) On a live street in the city center of Vienna and there were six shooting locations. Unverified footage posted on social media showed gunmen walking the streets, apparently firing randomly at people, injuring several.

The attack took place last night before a new coronavirus lockdown was to take effect in the city.

Home Secretary Carl Nehmmer told public broadcaster ORF that police had been asked to protect key locations in the city to allow the gunmen to chase.
Kurz praised police for killing one of the attackers and vowed: “We will never allow ourselves to be intimidated by terrorism and will fight these attacks all the way.”

The terrorist attack in Vienna has been widely condemned by international leaders. Here is what some of them said:

In recent years, Paris Striae has been spared the massive attacks seen in Paris, Berlin and London.

In August, authorities arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee in the country’s second city, Graz, with the intent to try to attack a Jewish community leader, Reuters reports. The leader was sad.

We have some more information from Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig about the second victim.

Ludwig told broadcaster ORF that a woman injured in Monday night’s attack in central Vienna had died of her injuries.

His death has doubled the number of civilians. It is understood that at least one attacker was also killed.

A reader named Leah R wrote a letter to us from Leopoldstate, another district in Vienna.

“I live in Carmelitevertel, one of the largest Jewish communities (I’m not Jewish myself). I am 22 years old and usually I am every evening at Squadenplatz / Bermudadreik and Donacanal, in one of the many bars there, ”he writes.

“Right now the situation is really scary, my phone is ringing all the time because everyone is worried. It is heartbreaking to see my beloved homeland [like this]”

He says the law firm where he works has asked employees to work from home tomorrow. Her ex-boyfriend works for the WEGA, a police special force (Vinor Einsetgroupy alarmbetting) and says, “Currently I am very concerned about his well-being, as he is actively searching for terrorists.”

A friend of his is sleeping at night in his office fee. Leah says there is a “constant noise” from the helicopter’s overhead.

She signed in:

Greetings from the indestructible city Vienna. We will be stronger than ever! There is no place for terrorism here, neither from the left, nor from any religious point of view. There is a reason why everyone says “Win ​​is and ends [Vienna is different, a common slogan in the city]”.

Vienna’s mayor, Michael Ludwig, has announced that another civilian has been killed in tonight’s attack, Reuters reports.

The head of the United Nations, António Guterres, has expressed the UN’s “solidarity with the people and government of Austria.”

In a statement online, his spokesman, Stefan Dujarric, posted:

The Secretary-General is taking action with the utmost concern over the evolving situation in the city center of Vienna where violent attacks have been reported in several places today, in which at least one bystander was killed and many others, including members of the security forces, were injured. He expressed his condolences to the family of the victim and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

The Secretary-General strongly condemns these attacks and reaffirms the United Nations’ solidarity with the people and government of Austria.

Vienna police have urged people to stay home again, confirming that the incident is “still active” in a post retweeted two hours ago.

The Guardian understands that “many people” have died in tonight’s attack – this is exactly what was said at a recent police press conference by Interior Minister Carl Nehammer.

Officials have not yet confirmed the exact number, but they have confirmed that one civilian and one attacker were among the dead.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent his condolences, calling the attack “horrific and heartbreaking.”

“We condemn in the strongest terms this act of terrorism,” he wrote on Twitter.