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Vienna terror attack: 'Several dead' and police officer shot in Austria
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I’m afraid that this could be future of Canada. Our govt seem to think conversion therapy will somehow fix IS sympathizer and will be right fit in our society. It’s matter of time when one of this sympathizer goes around and kill people in Canada as well. Scary times ahead
I’m afraid that this could be future of Canada. Our govt seem to think conversion therapy will somehow fix IS sympathizer and will be right fit in our society. It’s matter of time when one of this sympathizer goes around and kill people in Canada as well. Scary times ahead
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Those held over Vienna attack are part of Islamist scene, Austria says
VIENNA (Reuters) - All 15 people arrested in connection with a deadly rampage in Vienna on Monday are part of the radical Islamist scene and just under half have criminal convictions, some for terrorism offences, Interior Ministry officials said on Thursday.
A 20-year-old native of the city, who had previously been jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria, was shot dead by police within nine minutes of opening fire on bystanders and bars on Monday. He killed four people.
“We are dealing with a violent perpetrator who was evidently intensely involved in the network of political Islam, of sympathisers, who took on their ideology,” Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said.
The 15 are being held on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation. Seven of them have criminal convictions, Of those, four are for terrorism-related offences, Director General for Public Security Franz Ruf said.
Of those four, two involved acts of violence like assault and two were for attempted so-called honour killings, Ruf said, adding: “One can see that all are to be linked to the radical Islamist milieu”.
Switzerland has also arrested two men in connection with the attack, and Austria was in close contact with another unspecified country in its investigation, Nehammer said.
Separately, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told parliament there was a connection between the attack and people in Germany who are “monitored around the clock”.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-of-islamist-scene-austria-says-idUSKBN27L28O
VIENNA (Reuters) - All 15 people arrested in connection with a deadly rampage in Vienna on Monday are part of the radical Islamist scene and just under half have criminal convictions, some for terrorism offences, Interior Ministry officials said on Thursday.
A 20-year-old native of the city, who had previously been jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria, was shot dead by police within nine minutes of opening fire on bystanders and bars on Monday. He killed four people.
“We are dealing with a violent perpetrator who was evidently intensely involved in the network of political Islam, of sympathisers, who took on their ideology,” Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said.
The 15 are being held on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation. Seven of them have criminal convictions, Of those, four are for terrorism-related offences, Director General for Public Security Franz Ruf said.
Of those four, two involved acts of violence like assault and two were for attempted so-called honour killings, Ruf said, adding: “One can see that all are to be linked to the radical Islamist milieu”.
Switzerland has also arrested two men in connection with the attack, and Austria was in close contact with another unspecified country in its investigation, Nehammer said.
Separately, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told parliament there was a connection between the attack and people in Germany who are “monitored around the clock”.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-of-islamist-scene-austria-says-idUSKBN27L28O
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Vienna shooting: Raids in Germany on gunman's contacts
German police have searched the homes of four men over suspected links with a militant Islamist gunman who shot dead four people in central Vienna.
Police say the men are not considered suspects but they did have contact with the attacker and two met him in person.
A number of suspects are still being held in Austria, but officials are following up leads in Switzerland too.
The gunman went on the rampage in Vienna on Monday night, opening fire in six places in the centre.
Two women and two men were killed and 23 were wounded. Police shot the gunman dead and found that he had both Austrian and Macedonian citizenship.
Austrian authorities are trying to track down the 20-year-old killer's contacts.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54838017
German police have searched the homes of four men over suspected links with a militant Islamist gunman who shot dead four people in central Vienna.
Police say the men are not considered suspects but they did have contact with the attacker and two met him in person.
A number of suspects are still being held in Austria, but officials are following up leads in Switzerland too.
The gunman went on the rampage in Vienna on Monday night, opening fire in six places in the centre.
Two women and two men were killed and 23 were wounded. Police shot the gunman dead and found that he had both Austrian and Macedonian citizenship.
Austrian authorities are trying to track down the 20-year-old killer's contacts.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54838017
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Islamist meeting underscores Austrian intelligence failure over attack
VIENNA (Reuters) - The scale of Austria’s intelligence failure before last week’s deadly jihadist attack in Vienna became clearer on Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed the attacker had taken part in a large meeting in the summer that included Islamists from abroad.
Austria has acknowledged that “intolerable mistakes were made” in the handling of intelligence on the attacker, a convicted jihadist, who killed four people in a shooting rampage in the city centre last Monday.
It has previously confirmed that the gunman had tried to buy ammunition in Slovakia and had met people from Germany who were under observation.
Swiss Sunday newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said two men arrested in Switzerland in connection with the attack had travelled to Vienna between July 16 and July 20 to meet the attacker, citing two sources.
“A meeting took place in Vienna among the people (you) addressed from Germany and Switzerland but there were also people present at the meeting with the later assailant who were arrested in the context of the investigation,” Director General for Public Security Franz Ruf told a news conference when asked about the reported July meeting.
“It was a larger circle of people that met. Some spent the night, the rest then left,” he added.
The head of Austria’s main domestic intelligence agency for the city of Vienna has stepped down pending an investigation into what went wrong.
Austrian intelligence is “traditionally weak and must be strengthened” as part of an ongoing overhaul, Ruf said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ntelligence-failure-over-attack-idUSKBN27P1KG
VIENNA (Reuters) - The scale of Austria’s intelligence failure before last week’s deadly jihadist attack in Vienna became clearer on Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed the attacker had taken part in a large meeting in the summer that included Islamists from abroad.
Austria has acknowledged that “intolerable mistakes were made” in the handling of intelligence on the attacker, a convicted jihadist, who killed four people in a shooting rampage in the city centre last Monday.
It has previously confirmed that the gunman had tried to buy ammunition in Slovakia and had met people from Germany who were under observation.
Swiss Sunday newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said two men arrested in Switzerland in connection with the attack had travelled to Vienna between July 16 and July 20 to meet the attacker, citing two sources.
“A meeting took place in Vienna among the people (you) addressed from Germany and Switzerland but there were also people present at the meeting with the later assailant who were arrested in the context of the investigation,” Director General for Public Security Franz Ruf told a news conference when asked about the reported July meeting.
“It was a larger circle of people that met. Some spent the night, the rest then left,” he added.
The head of Austria’s main domestic intelligence agency for the city of Vienna has stepped down pending an investigation into what went wrong.
Austrian intelligence is “traditionally weak and must be strengthened” as part of an ongoing overhaul, Ruf said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ntelligence-failure-over-attack-idUSKBN27P1KG
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