German police raid homes of people linked to Vienna attacker
PTI, Nov 6, 2020, 2:27 PM IST
Berlin: German police have raided the homes and businesses of four people linked to the Islamic State sympathiser who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week.
Federal police said Friday that officers, including members of the anti-terrorism unit GSG9, searched premises in Osnabrueck, Kassel and Pinneberg county.
Police said while the men aren’t currently suspected of involvement in Monday’s shooting, in which four people and the gunman were killed, there is evidence that they had links to the attacker.
Authorities in Austria have identified the attacker as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, a dual national of Austria and North Macedonia who had a previous conviction for trying to join IS in Syria and had been given early release in December.
An investigation has been launched into why Austria didn’t put Fejzulai under observation despite being tipped off by Slovakian authorities that he had tried to purchase assault rifle ammunition at a shop in Bratislava in July.
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