On November 2, 2020, an Islamist terrorist attack horrified Vienna’s city centre. Since then, one central question has preoccupied us again and again: “Can something like this happen again?”. Now it has become known that only six months after the attack, another attack was planned.
Muharrem S. (21) is suspected of being a member of a criminal organisation, suspected of being a member of a terrorist organisation, and suspected of financing terrorism. He had to answer for all these charges before the Vienna Regional Court. He has to serve two years in prison, eight months of which are to be served without parole. The sentence is not legally binding.
Investigators found out that Muharrem S. had apparently planned a terrorist attack in the Floridsdorf district of Vienna. It all began in 2021, when the Directorate for State Protection and Intelligence (DSN) and the Vienna State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LVT) first became aware of the Austrian. In short message services he always attracted attention with “questionable, Islamist content”, reports the “Kurier”.
Investigators report meetings in mosques. Until the day when Muharrem S. was arrested and his flat in Vienna was searched and several electronic data carriers were seized.
The chronology of his radicalisation was found in this database. Muharrem S. is said to have been a member of the terrorist organisation “Islamic State” (IS) since March 2020. He is said to have repeatedly asked for donations to widows of fallen IS fighters.
Then the discovery: In Telegram chats from April 2021, investigators came across the planning of an attack in the Floridsdorf district of Vienna. They remain silent on how exactly the attack was to take place. However, the plans were “concrete” and to be taken seriously.
The suspect confessed in part and accepted the sentence.
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