Posted on 11/03/2020 1:40:43 PM PST by karpov
VIENNA—The suspected gunman in an attack that left four dead in Vienna was a 20-year-old Austrian who had been convicted on terrorism charges last year but was released from prison after serving part of his term, authorities said Tuesday.
The suspect, Kujtim Fejzulai, armed with an assault rifle, handguns and a machete, opened fire on passersby and people enjoying a last night out Monday before Austria’s coronavirus lockdown came into effect. Two men and two women died, and 14 people were rushed to the hospital, with six in critical condition.
After initially warning that several people could have carried out the attack, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told a news conference the suspect appeared to have acted alone. Mr. Fejzulai was shot dead by police minutes after beginning the assault.
Police arrested 14 people with links to the suspect and raided 18 apartments in and around Vienna, seizing large amounts of material that investigators were poring over, the minister said. Police were also sorting through some 20,000 videos of the attack sent by witnesses, he said.
Mr. Nehammer said Mr. Fejzulai was being considered “without a doubt a disciple of the radical Islamist terror militia Islamic State.”
He said police found overwhelming evidence that the suspect, despite outwardly giving the impression that he was integrated and deradicalized, was a follower of radical Islamist ideology. Mr. Fejzulai had posted a photo of himself on social media with the weapons he used in the attack, accompanied by “typical ISIS messages,” Mr. Nehammer said.
News of the suspect’s past conviction is likely to rekindle a simmering debate in Europe about the comparatively short prison sentences for some terrorism convictions, and what to do with radicalized convicts who have served their terms.
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That sht works like a temporary restraining order for abused women...
Dude gets out the jail to kill her.
Buy a gun already, Europe.
“ Kujtim Fejzulai”
Austrian my azz! lol
When will Europeans (and Americans) ever learn. Muslims cannot nor will not assimilate into a society that rules by democratic ideals. It is again at the will of Allah. Short of explosion or all out war Europe (except for Eastern Europe) is headed for disaster.
Auto-correct strikes again
When will Europeans (and
Americans) ever learn. Muslims cannot nor will not assimilate into a society that rules by democratic ideals. It is against the will of Allah. Short of expulsion or all out war Europe (except for Eastern Europe) is headed for disaster.
Now there's an Austrian name if I ever heard one. Just this side of the Trapp Family Singers.
"The streets are alive with the sound of muezzin"
Catch and release is for trout fishing, not Islamic terrorists. European governments never learn what’s good for a civil society.
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