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Attack in Vienna: life sentences for terror helpers
Four people died in the attack on November 2, 2020 in the center of Vienna. photo
© Roland Schlager/APA/dpa
Four people were killed and dozens injured in the attack in downtown Vienna in November 2020. Two supporters of the perpetrator have now been sentenced to life imprisonment.
In the trial surrounding the November 2020 terror attack in Vienna, two defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder as supporters of the perpetrator. Two other defendants were sentenced to 19 and 20 years in prison in the Vienna district court. The jury found it established that the four men had assisted in choosing the target for the attack and in obtaining firearms and ammunition.
The 20-year-old perpetrator was a sympathizer with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia. He killed four people in Vienna city center on November 2, 2020 before being shot dead by police. One of the fatalities was a German student. 23 passers-by were injured, some seriously, including some Germans.
The public prosecutor’s office had also accused two other men of having contributed to the murder by preparing the assassination. However, the jury acquitted her of this main charge due to lack of evidence. But they were each sentenced to two years in prison for spreading Islamist terror propaganda. Some of the sentences were suspended. The judgments are not yet final.