After the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna, there is worldwide horror: an overview of the reactions from international politics
Vienna - Austria's Federal Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
(ÖVP)
condemned
the alleged attack in
Vienna
on Monday evening as a “disgusting terrorist attack”.
"Our police will take decisive action against the perpetrators of this disgusting terrorist attack," wrote the Austrian head of government in the short message service
.
The Austrian Armed Forces will with immediate effect take over the property protection previously carried out by the police in Vienna so that the police can concentrate on fighting terrorism.
We are currently going through difficult times in our republic.
I would like to thank all the emergency services who risk their lives, especially today for our safety.
Our police will take decisive action against the perpetrators of this hideous terrorist attack.
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) November 2, 2020
“We are currently experiencing
difficult times in our republic
.
I would like to thank all the emergency services who risk their lives for our safety, especially today, ”Kurz continued.
"The whole country is in thoughts with the victims, injured and their relatives, to whom I express my deepest condolences." Kurz also thanked the EU leaders and other heads of state who had already expressed their condolences after the attack on Monday evening.
Foreign Office attacks in Vienna: Don't give way to hatred
The
Federal Foreign Office
has condemned the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna.
"Even if the extent of the terror is not yet foreseeable: our thoughts are with the injured and victims in these difficult hours," said a message that was published on Monday evening by the German Foreign Ministry on Twitter.
"We must not give way to the hatred that is supposed to divide our societies."
Terrifying, disturbing reports reach us this evening from # Vienna. Even if the extent of the terror cannot yet be foreseen: our thoughts are with the injured and victims in these difficult hours.
We must not give way to the hatred that is supposed to divide our societies.
- Federal Foreign Office (@AuswaertigesAmt) November 2, 2020
EU Council President
Charles Michel
has condemned the alleged terror attack in downtown Vienna * as a cowardly act against life and human values.
"My thoughts are with the victims and the people in Vienna after the terrible attack tonight," said Michel on Monday.
Europe is on the side of Austria.
EU Commission head
Ursula von der Leyen
, EU Parliament President
David Sassoli
and EU Foreign Affairs Representative
Josep Borrell made
similar statements
.
Sassoli commented: “We are following the news of another attack in Europe with sadness and horror.” Borrell spoke of a “cowardly act of violence and hatred”.
Von der Leyen assured Austria of solidarity and also wrote: "We are stronger than hatred and terror."
German politicians reacted with dismay to the alleged terrorist attack in downtown Vienna.
The SPD chairman
Norbert Walter-Borjans
spoke on Monday evening on Twitter of "shocking news".
“Whatever the motive and whoever the perpetrator might be.
Such acts deserve ostracism, zero tolerance and all the harshness of the law. "FDP leader
Christian Lindner
tweeted:" Our thoughts are in #Wien ".
The Federal Managing
Director of
the Greens,
Michael Kellner
, wrote in a tweet: “This is just terrible - with the thoughts in #Wien.
Together against anti-Semitism ”.
The Federal Government's Migration Commissioner,
Annette Widmann-Mauz
(CDU), also spoke up via the short message service: “Terrible news from #Vienna.
My thoughts are with the citizens and emergency services on site. "
Italy condemns the attack in Vienna
Italy's Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte
has sharply condemned the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna.
"In our common European house there must be no place for hatred and violence," wrote Conte on Twitter on Monday evening.
Italy stand by the Austrian people.
The country thinks of the families of the victims and the injured.
Rome's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio made a similar statement.
“Europe must react,” he wrote.
According to initial information from the authorities, at least one person was killed and many injured in the alleged terror attack in downtown Vienna, several of them seriously.
Macron promises Austria support after a suspected attack
French President
Emmanuel Macron
expressed his condolences to Austria after the alleged terrorist attack in downtown Vienna.
Macron promised Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz full solidarity and support for France on Monday evening and offered help if it was necessary, according to the presidential palace in Paris.
The French shared the shock and sadness of the Austrians, Macron also wrote in German and French on Twitter.
“After France, it is a friendly country that is under attack.
This is our Europe, ”continued Macron.
“Our enemies need to know who they are dealing with.
We won't give in to anything. "
We, French, share the shock and sadness of the Austrians after an attack in Vienna.
After France, it is a friendly country that is under attack.
This is our Europe.
Our enemies need to know who they are dealing with.
We won't give in to anything.
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 2, 2020
There had been three attacks in France in the past few weeks, and the investigators assume that there is an Islamist background in each case.
Most recently, a man in a church in Nice brutally attacked several people with a knife - three people died.
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.
(dpa)