Vienna shooting: Terror attack fears after multiple shots fired by city’s main synagogue

POLICE in Austria have rushed to a synagogue in the capital Vienna after reports of a shooting.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1355284/vienna-terror-attack-shooting-austria-police-latest-synagogue-news

Vienna shooting: Several killed in ‘synagogue terror attack’ as policeman injured

Reports claim that one person has been killed after shots were exchanged at a synagogue in Vienna this evening. Police have confirmed that several people have been injured.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-vienna-incident-attack-synagogue-22946943

Vienna shooting believed to be terror attack perpetrated by several people – minister

Law enforcement in Vienna, Austria have launched what they called a “major police operation,” following multiple exchanges of gunshots near the city’s main synagogue located in the Old Town area. Several people have been injured.

There were likely fatalities in the attack, Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told ORF-TV.

Footage shared on social media purportedly shows the moment several bursts of shooting can be heard breaking out, as people on the street rush to seek shelter.

Eyewitnesses told Kronen Zeitung newspaper that at least “50 shots” were fired. One of them told the paper that a person brandishing an “automatic weapon” was seen running down a street where the synagogue is located, while “shooting wildly.”

The witness also added he heard something that “sounded like a blast.”

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