Far-right organization dissolved over ties to NZ suspect
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz decided to
dissolve Austrian Identitarian Movement after investigations showed that they
received a larger-than-usual donation from an email address linked to the
suspected Christchurch terrorist, The Washington Post newspaper reported
Wednesday.
That donation was from an email address which
matched the name of the Australian alleged to have shot dead 50 people in a
terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15.
The Identitarian Movement regularly stages marches
commemorating the liberation of Vienna from the Ottoman Turks in 1683. The
suspected Christchurch attacker also visited Vienna, Turkey and the Balkans during
trips to Europe.
Earlier, Kurz tweeted that "Any connection
between the Christchurch attacker and members of the Identitarians in Austria
must be comprehensively and ruthlessly investigated."
