50 men of Turkish origin broke into the Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Vienna and staged a pogrom there. It is reported by the Kurier edition with reference to police data.
It is noted that the attackers shouted “Allah Akbar”, kicked the shops and the confessional. The deputy rector of the church called the police, but the young people managed to escape before the arrival of law enforcement officers. According to the portal, the episode was recorded on video.
The land department for the protection of the constitution believes that radical Islamists, who have repeatedly drawn attention to themselves, were the culprits of the incident. Thus, the police managed to identify 10 attackers who were already implicated in violation of public order.
“All Christians should be able to freely and safely practice their faith in Austria! We will resolutely continue the fight against political Islam and not show false tolerance here, ”Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote on Twitter.
On October 29, it was reported that three people were killed in an attack in Nice. The knife attack was carried out by a Tunisian in the church of Notre Dame de Nice. According to updated information, the throats of two victims were cut, but the attacker did not completely decapitate them. The previously unknown group “Al-Mahdi in the south of Tunisia” claimed responsibility for the incident.
