2020 Vienna attacks
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series of terrorist incidents in Austria
Key facts
- Date
- 2 November 2020 ( 2020-11-02 ) , 19:59:20 - 20:08:48 ( CET )
- Target
- Civilians
- Attack type
- Mass shooting Islamic terrorism
- Weapons
- Zastava M70 assault rifle handgun machete
- Deaths
- 5 (including the perpetrator)
- Injured
- 23 (18 by gunfire)
- Perpetrator
- Kujtim Fejzulai
- Motive
- Islamic extremism inspired by ISIS
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
On 2 November 2020, a series of shootings took place in Vienna, Austria a few hours before the city was scheduled to enter a lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A lone gunman started shooting in the busy city centre, killing four civilians and injuring 23 others, seven critically, including a police officer. The attacker was killed by police and was later identified as an ISIL sympathizer. Officials said that the attack was an incident of Islamist terrorism.
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