Four Dead in Terror Attack in the Centre of Vienna

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Vienna terror attack tonight.


We have obtained first video from the scene of a terror attack in the centre of the Austrian capital tonight. Four people have been confirmed dead amid exchanges of fire.

Austrian public broadcaster ORF cited witnesses as saying that several shots were fired shortly after 8pm (1900 GMT). The police operation was taking place in the centre of Vienna, close to the river Danube.

 

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Moment the lone gunman opened fire in the centre of Vienna tonight.

 

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Austrian Interior Minister confirmed the shooting in Vienna is a terrorist attack just a few minutes ago.

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Austrian Police are now reporting of a live hostage situation in the centre of Vienna. There are at least three terrorists still at large in the centre of Vienna.

 

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One of the gunmen in the ongoing terror attack in Vienna has been shot dead by police. Exclusive photo from the scene just minutes ago.

 

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More exclusive videos coming in less than five minutes.

 

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Video shows young man shot dead by terrorist in the centre of Vienna tonight.

 

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Reports are coming in that terrorists are holding hostages at a restaurant in the centre of Vienna.

 

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Details from BBC News about the terror attack are sketchy and they don't mention any hostages.

 

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Quicky summary. The information below has been confirmed by police in Vienna.

CONFIRMED at the moment:

At 08:00 pm local time several shots were fired beginning at Seitenstettengasse.

Several suspects armed with rifles at six different shooting locations in coordinated terror attack.

One deceaced person, several injured one officer included.

One suspect shot and killed by police officers.

 

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Paramedics quickly tended to the injured right after the first reports of people shot in the streets of Vienna tonight.

 

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More footage of the shooting earlier tonight in Vienna.

 

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The moment the perpetrators are being chased.

 

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Austrian police are still searching for at least one suspect after a multiple gun attack overnight in the capital, Vienna, that killed four people.

Seventeen other people have been wounded - some seriously - after gunmen opened fire at six different locations in the city centre on Monday evening.
One attacker was shot dead by police, officials said, and one was arrested.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer described the assailant killed by police as an "Islamist terrorist".

Two of those who died in the random shooting were women and two were men. One of the women was reportedly a waitress. The second woman died of her wounds in hospital overnight, reports said.

The victims were in a city centre area busy with people in bars and restaurants, near Vienna's central synagogue, but it is not yet clear if that was the target.
Addressing a news conference, Mr Nehammer said the heavily armed gunman killed by police was an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser and that his home had been searched and video material seized. Police tweeted that he had been wearing a fake explosive belt.

Earlier, Mr Nehammer said at least one "heavily armed and dangerous" attacker was believed to be still at large. Officials were quoted as saying there could have been as many as four attackers. The interior minister urged people to avoid central Vienna and told parents to keep their children home on Tuesday if they could.

 

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Ah yes, the religion of peace at work again?

 

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Sadly yes.

A while ago Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer gave a press conference and confirmed two men and two women have died from their injuries in the attack Monday evening. A suspected attacker, who was carrying an assault rifle and a fake suicide vest, was also shot and killed by police bringing total number of dead so far to five.


Vienna's hospital service said seven people were in life-threatening condition Tuesday after the attack.

In total, 17 people were being treated in hospitals, with gunshot wounds but also cuts.


Nehammer said that initial investigations indicate the suspect who was killed had sympathized with the Islamic State group. Police searched his apartment and other premises as well.

“We experienced an attack last night by at least one Islamist terrorist,” Nehammer told reporters. He declined to elaborate, citing the ongoing investigation.

 

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The man blamed for carrying out the attack was a 20-year-old "Islamist terrorist" who was released early from jail in December 2019.

Authorities believe the gunman shot dead by police may have acted alone.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the four who died were an elderly woman, an elderly man, a young male passer-by and a waitress. Another 22 people were wounded.