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2020 Vienna terror attack

Firefighters and police cars stand near Schwedenplatz square following a shooting in the center of Vienna on November 2, 2020. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
January 14, 2022, 10:43 pm
Case dropped against Swiss man thought linked to 2020 jihadist attack in Vienna
‘There is no substantiated suspicion that justifies an indictment’ against one of two suspects arrested in connection with killings, officials say
By AFP
Armed police officers stand guard before the arrival of Austrian Chancellor Kurz and the president of the European Council to pay respects to the victims of the terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria, November 9, 2020. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
December 20, 2020, 4:37 pm
2 more arrested in Austria over Vienna terror attack
Prosecutors to ask that suspects be held until trial for their alleged involvement in November shooting rampage by IS supporter that left 4 dead
By AFP
Erich Zwettler speaks during a press conference about the arrests of Nigerian drug dealers in Vienna, Austria, on March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
November 7, 2020, 1:22 am
Vienna anti-terror chief suspended after failure to prevent Islamist shooting
Austrian minister faults Erich Zwettler for ‘obvious and intolerable’ failures, reveals jihadist gunman Kujtim Fejzulai was in contact with people on radar of German intelligence
By Jastinder KHERA
A military police officer guards at the crime scene near a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, November 4, 2020. Several shots were fired shortly after 8 p.m. local time on November 2, in a lively street in the city center of Vienna. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
November 6, 2020, 6:21 pm
Austria shuts two mosques visited by Vienna terrorist
Austrian intelligence says ‘visits to these mosques furthered the attacker’s radicalization,’ after worst attack in country in decades
By AFP
French soldiers secure the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 30, 2020 during a tribute to the victims killed by a knife attacker the day before. (Valery Hache/AFP)
November 6, 2020, 1:56 pm
Aghast at recent attacks, French Muslims stand guard outside local cathedral
After a wave of Islamist terror strikes France, Muslim men gather to symbolically protect parishioners in the southern town of Lodeve, ahead of holiday weekend
By Angela Charlton
Police officers in position following a shooting attack, in Vienna, Austria, November 3, 2020. (Ronald Zak/AP)
November 6, 2020, 10:10 am
German police raid flats, offices in several towns over Vienna attack
Sites belong to people who are not suspects in terrorist killings, but ‘there may be links to the alleged assassin’
By Agencies
A military police officer guards at the crime scene near a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, November 4, 2020. Several shots were fired shortly after 8 p.m. local time on November 2, in a lively street in the city center of Vienna. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
November 5, 2020, 10:32 pm
Austria plans intelligence reforms after failure to thwart Vienna terror attack
Having followed up inadequately on tip by Slovakian authorities about Kujtim Fejzulai, Chancellor Kurz says country can’t allow that to recur
By Agencies
A military police officer guards at the crime scene near a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, November 4, 2020. Several shots were fired shortly after 8 p.m. local time on November 2, in a lively street in the city center of Vienna. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
November 5, 2020, 5:41 am
Vienna attack shatters sense of security for city’s Jewish community
Gunman began shooting spree outside kosher restaurant, Jewish community headquarters, killing four people before being shot dead
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU
In a video distributed by the Islamic State terror group, Vienna attacker Kujtim Fejzulai pledges allegiance to IS caliph Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, while holding a gun and a long, serrated knife. (Screenshot)
November 4, 2020, 8:49 pm
Austria admits mistakes made in tracking flagged Vienna attacker
Slovak intelligence informed Austria that gunman Kujtim Fejzulai was trying to buy ammunition, but ‘something apparently went wrong,’ says Austrian interior minister
By Philipp Jenne
In a video distributed by the Islamic State terror group, Vienna attacker Kujtim Fejzulai pledges allegiance to IS caliph Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, while holding a gun and a long, serrated knife. (Screenshot)
November 4, 2020, 5:02 pm
Questions mount over tracking of Vienna attack gunman
Former lawyer for terrorist says authorities should have noticed his radical tendencies; instead they freed him on probation in December
By Jastinder KHERA
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt speaks at a synagogue in Monaco on November 23, 2017. (Courtesy of the Conference of European Rabbis via JTA)
November 3, 2020, 10:44 pm
European rabbis urge ‘much more’ government control of mosques
After shooting attack in Vienna, head of Conference of European Rabbis says religious leaders ‘must show their loyalty to the laws that apply here’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In a video distributed by the Islamic State terror group, Vienna attacker Kujtim Fejzulai pledges allegiance to IS caliph Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, while holding a gun and a long, serrated knife. (Screenshot)
November 3, 2020, 9:39 pm
Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna terror attack
Terror group releases video of alleged gunman Kujtim Fejzulai pledging allegiance to caliph, hails him for targeting ‘gatherings of Crusaders’ in Austrian capital
By Aaron Boxerman and Agencies
A gunman points his weapon during a terror attack on multiple sites in Vienna, November 2, 2020. (Twitter screenshot)
November 3, 2020, 5:04 pm
Vienna terrorist likely acted alone, ‘fooled’ de-radicalization program
Austrian police detain 14 after shooting rampage that killed 4; Kujtim Fejzulai, 20, posed on Instagram with weapons before attack, wore fake explosive belt, was IS sympathizer
By Agencies and ToI Staff
After a shooting armed police officers patrol on a street at the scene in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
November 3, 2020, 10:57 am
Rivlin, Netanyahu condemn ‘despicable’ Vienna terrorist attack
PM says ‘savagery of resurgent Islamist terrorism’ must be defeated, as world leaders send swift denunciations of deadly shooting
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Armed policemen stand guard in a shopping street in the center of Vienna on November 2, 2020, following a shooting. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
November 3, 2020, 9:56 am
‘We are in shock’: Austrian capital reels after gunmen kill at least four
Vienna had until now been spared the sort of major Islamist terrorist attacks that have hit other European countries
By Denise HRUBY
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