Newsrael system 07.11.2020
Updated intelligence information on the terror attack in Vienna, Austria:
Austria arrested 14 people aged 18 to 28 on Tuesday in connection with the terror attack and is investigating them on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization.
The gunman, who was shot dead by police within minutes of opening fire, was a 20-year-old with dual Austrian and North Macedonian citizenship. Born and raised in Vienna, he had already been convicted of trying to reach Syria to join the Islamic State and had spent time in jail.
All of those arrested in Austria have a migration background, and Vienna police chief Gerhard Puerstl added that some were dual citizens of Bangladesh, North Macedonia, Turkey, and Russia.
At the end of 2018, the authorities knew of 320 people from Austria who were actively involved or had wanted to participate in jihad in Syria and Iraq.
Austria is part of the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, formed in 2014. Austria sees jihadist attacks as its biggest security threat and warned of the danger posed by foreign fighters returning from Iraq or Syria.
Source: Walla News/Reuters
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