Vienna on high alert after a terror attack

Vienna (QNN)- Heavily-armed gunmen have opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna, killing four people.

Officials said the attack began near Vienna’s central synagogue, Seitenstettengasse synagogue, when a heavily armed man opened fire on people outside cafes and restaurants, killing two men and two women, and wounding several more on Monday night.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it a “repulsive terror attack” and said one gunman was also killed.

The interior minister said that police were searching for at least one attacker who was still at large.

It is not yet clear if the synagogue was the target, officials stated, but Jewish community leader Oskar Deutsch tweeted that the synagogue was closed at the time the attack began.

Many European leaders strongly condemned the attack, describing it as a terrible and heinous act.

One of the suspected gunmen was shot dead by police, who, as police said, identified as an ISIS group sympathiser.

Recently, Vienna has experienced this kind of deadly attacks which have struck Paris, London, Berlin and others. It’s noted that Islamophobia has spread widely, Macron’s comments on Islam was the last.

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