Austria intelligence was warned attacker tried to buy ammunition
Austria's domestic intelligence service received
warnings from neighbouring Slovakia that the IS sympathiser behind a deadly
shooting in Vienna wanted to procure ammunition, the interior minister said
Wednesday (Nov 4).
"In the last few hours information has come to
light that some time prior to the terror attack, Slovakian intelligence
informed (Austria's domestic intelligence service) the BVT about the attacker.
The information was that he wanted to get ammunition," Karl Nehammer told
a press conference.
Video evidence confirms that he acted alone,
Nehammer said.
Nehammer said the gunman, who was shot dead by
police, had "perfectly" fooled a programme to reintegrate jihadists
into society.
Austrian authorities arrested 14 people after the
attack. All were aged between 18 and 28 and had migration backgrounds. Some had
foreign citizenship.
