Video: Vienna strengthens security measures after an attack warning

STORY: Increased security measures in Vienna on Wednesday. The background is warnings of a possible attack in the Austrian capital with a radical Islamic background. “The Directorate of State Security & Intelligence received information that an Islamist-motivated attack is planned in Vienna,” the police said on Twitter on Wednesday. As a precautionary measure, “increased surveillance of neuralgic places or objects in Vienna” was ordered. For this purpose, uniformed police forces are visible in public space. “The duration of this increased property protection cannot be estimated at this time.” If there is a specific danger to the population at a specific location, the police will warn “immediately via all available channels”. Vienna is one of the safest capitals in the world, and militant attacks are rare. In 2020, an attacker killed four people in a rampage in Vienna before he was shot dead by the police. The extremist organization Islamic State claimed responsibility for the crime.

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