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Terrorist attack in Vienna: Fourth fatality succumbs to his injuries - ambiguity in the search for perpetrators

2020-11-03T07:26:45.872Z


Terror in Vienna: According to Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, at least one suspect is still on the run. There is still no all-clear.


Terror in Vienna: According to Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, at least one suspect is still on the run.

There is still no all-clear.

  • There was

    a terrorist attack

    in

    Vienna

    on Monday (November 2nd).

    The police confirmed six crime scenes.

  • At least one perpetrator is still on the run.

  • There is still no all-clear on Tuesday morning.

    Citizens should stay at home, compulsory schooling is lifted.

  • This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from November 3rd, 7.56 a.m.:

As reported by oe24.at, a fourth civilian fatality has been confirmed.

Interior Minister Nehammer told the APA agency that a woman between 40 and 50 years of age died in the hospital.

Two women and two men now fell victim to the terrorist attack.

In addition, the perpetrator died.

It is also unclear whether the murdered perpetrator still had accomplices.

The authority assumes a maximum of four perpetrators.

The interior ministry spokesman said the investigation is "in full swing".

Vienna: Terrorist attack confirmed - citizens should stay at home - border controls are tightened

Update from November 2, 7:10 a.m

.: According to the Austrian police,

three passers-by were killed in

the terror attack in Vienna on Monday evening

.

There are two men and one woman.

In addition, there was the perpetrator shot by the police, it was said on Tuesday morning.

The police also spoke of at least 15 people, some seriously injured.

The perpetrator shot by the police during the attack in Vienna was a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militia.

The Austrian Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer

described the killed attacker on Tuesday morning as "sympathizers of the IS terrorist

militia

".

The man was armed with an assault rifle and also carried a dummy explosive belt.

Apparently he wanted to spread panic.

Meanwhile, the Austrian police were looking for at least one other fugitive assassin with a large contingent of hundreds of officials.

The suspect's home was searched for incriminating material, it said.

1000 officials are in action in Vienna.

"We can currently not rule out that there are other perpetrators," said Nehammer.

The relevant investigations were in full swing.

Vienna: Terrorist attack confirmed - no all-clear, citizens should stay at home - border controls are tightened

Update November 3rd, 1.20 a.m.:

Much of the situation in Vienna is still unclear.

Another press conference is scheduled for 6 a.m.

Until then, the following applies in Vienna: Citizens should urgently stay at home.

At least one perpetrator is still on the run.

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Left: A photo of the mission in Vienna.

Right: Interior Minister Karl Nehammer at the press conference that night.

© Ronald Zak / AP / dpa / Joe Klamar / AFP

Update November 3, 1:12 a.m.:

The General Director for Public Security,

Franz Ruf

, announced that

controls at the Austrian borders

would be strengthened.

According to him, roadblocks should be erected within Vienna. 

Update 3.11., 1.10

a.m

.:

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer

appeared

in a press conference for the media

after the

terrorist attack

in

Vienna at

around 1.08 a.m.

He called it “the hardest day for Austria for many years.

We are dealing with a terrorist attack, the severity of which we have fortunately not been able to experience in Austria for a long time. "

Special forces would have eliminated a terrorist who was heavily armed with an assault rifle.

At least one perpetrator is on the run.

The citizens of Vienna

should stay at home

and

avoid

the

city ​​center

.

In addition, there is

no compulsory schooling

on Tuesday, parents can leave their children at home if this is possible.

“Whoever attacks one of us attacks us all,” Nehammer continues.

Our article as of

November 3rd

, 0.30 a.m .:

Vienna - A mild November evening before the lockdown, hundreds of people stroll through the

Bermuda Dreieck

nightlife district

in downtown

Vienna

.

Suddenly there are numerous

shots

.

Panic breaks out.

An incident occurred near the synagogue on Monday evening that Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer

described

as an apparent

terrorist

attack

around two hours later

(to the ticker).

An initial assessment by the police:

one perpetrator shot, a passerby also died

.

Shots were fired

at

six crime scenes

.

Terror in Vienna: No all-clear until 11:18 p.m.

Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer was

later unable to give the all-clear.

The police are still looking for suspects after the alleged terrorist attack in Vienna.

We are still in the fight

against the alleged terrorists,” said Nehammer on ORF late Monday evening.

He said there were several heavily armed perpetrators.

The minister again appealed to citizens to avoid public places.

The police were also unable to give the all-clear in a tweet at 11:18 p.m.

The following still applies: stay at home!

When on the go, seek refuge!

Avoid public places, do not use public transport!

# 0211w

- POLIZEI VIENNA (@LPDWien) November 2, 2020

Vienna: Sebastian Kurz confirms: “Definitely a terrorist attack” - no all-clear

Austria's Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz

(ÖVP) made a

similar statement

- there was no all-clear.

"It is

definitely a terrorist attack,

" said Kurz on Tuesday night on the ORF broadcaster.

He urged the population to stay in a safe place and keep an eye on the news.

"Whether it is possible to take up public life as normal tomorrow morning will depend heavily on tonight and

whether it will be possible to capture or eliminate the suspects,

" said Kurz.

According

to Kurz, the

motive of the attack

is still open.

An anti-Semitic background cannot be ruled out given the crime scene, Kurz said with a view to the location of the first shots near a

synagogue

.

“We can't really say anything about the background.”



Kurz

said

the security situation in the city was still very tense, and the emergency services were looking for several perpetrators at full speed.

A perpetrator had been eliminated.

Kurz spoke of 15 injured.

A wounded police officer is now out of danger.

Even

after midnight there was still no all-clear

.

The entire center of the Austrian capital was largely cordoned off.

The authorities appealed to the two million residents to stay at home.

In addition to the police, soldiers were also on duty.

A

press conference is

expected at

around 1 a.m.

Terror in Vienna: one attacker and one passer-by killed - 15 injured

According to a preliminary assessment, an attacker and a passerby were killed in the exchange of fire in downtown Vienna.

In addition, according to the rescue services,

15 people were injured, some seriously

.

The police spoke of six crime scenes.

Several perpetrators with "long weapons" were involved in the attack.

The first shots were fired in Seitenstettengasse, a busy street in the center.

The synagogue is also located there.

The chairman of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Oskar Deutsch, wrote on Twitter that it could not be said whether it was one of the targets.

"What is certain, however, is that both the synagogue (...) and the office building at the same address were


no longer in operation and closed

at the time of the first shots

."

What we can confirm so far:



* Around 8:00 p.m. shots from the Seitenstettengasse area


* Several perpetrators with long weapons (rifles)


* Currently.

total of 6 crime scenes


* 1 fatality, several seriously injured, including a police officer


* 1 perpetrator shot by police # 0211w

- POLIZEI VIENNA (@LPDWien) November 2, 2020

On a video a perpetrator can be seen

shooting at random in the bars

near the

synagogue

, says the editor-in-chief of the city magazine “Falter”, Florian Klenk.

It remains unclear whether the synagogue itself was the target of the attack.

Another video shows a large pool of blood outside a restaurant.

The chairman of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Oskar Deutsch, wrote on Twitter that it could not be said whether the

city ​​temple * was

one of the targets.

"What is certain, however, is that both the synagogue in Seitenstettengasse and the office building at the same address were no longer in operation and closed at the time of the first shots."

The

police

have called together all available forces and are looking for the perpetrators in the historic center of the two million city.

According to Klenk, some unsettled passers-by raise their hands so the police officers can see that they are unarmed.

It is rumored that at least one of the perpetrators

is wearing

an

explosives

belt.

That increases the nervousness.

Terror in Vienna: Google marks the scene of the crime with warning signs

After the attack in downtown Vienna,

Google marked

one of the crime scenes with a warning sign.

On Seitenstettengasse at Schwedenplatz, a red exclamation mark with the inscription "Vienna - incident" was displayed in the Google map service.

The police had previously tweeted that shots had been fired right there around 8 p.m.

Helicopters are circling over the city center and there is a state of emergency in the late evening.

Videos broadcast by private broadcaster Oe24 on Monday evening showed a masked shooter who fired at least two shots in the street.

Another video showed a large pool of blood outside a restaurant.

Terror in Vienna: Citizens should avoid public places

The police called on citizens to avoid public places.

“We are working with all possible forces.

Please avoid all public places in the city area, "it said on Twitter.

It was also asked

not to upload any videos or photos

.

"DO NOT post videos and photos on social media, this endangers both emergency services and the civilian population!"

After the alleged terrorist attack, the

army

with

soldiers is

now also deployed in downtown Vienna

.

The Austrian

Armed Forces

have taken over the entire property protection in the capital, reported the news agency APA, citing the Chancellery.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz spoke of a "disgusting terrorist attack".

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Police officers check a person after the terrorist attack in Vienna.

© Georg Hochmuth / APA / dpa

The streets in the districts close to the city center emptied late in the evening, and isolated passers-by walk past at a faster pace.

A few more guests are sitting in front of a bar a few streets out of town, almost all of them are staring at their smartphones.

According to the police,

public transport stops

in the inner city of Vienna from time to time

.

"Stay safe, leave public places immediately," tweeted the police.

(dpa / lin) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Roland Schlager

Source: merkur

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