Terrorist alert: risk of attack on churches in Vienna
Increased police presence in the Federal capital: the state police reported on Wednesday morning via Twitter that there was an increased number of police, some in special equipment. The reason: the threat of attacks on Viennese churches.
Specifically, there is a security alarm from the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence (DSN). According to "Krone" research, the police intelligence service received information about a planned attack by a Syrian Islamist terrorist cell.
The threat is apparently aimed at the compatriots who fled to Austria to escape the war and dictator Bashar al-Assad. According to this, they were to be murdered during a visit to Mass because they did not go into battle as holy warriors for jihad.
In order to ensure security, there are therefore more police officers - district forces, WEGA and Cobra - on duty, the police said. "The monitoring is a precautionary measure," it was emphasized - a common process in such scenarios.
Church in close contact with the police
However, the risk is not so great that temporary closures or cancellations of services are currently necessary, the Archdiocese of Vienna said. The Catholic Church is in close contact with the police. "We know that there will be more controls," said Michael Prüller, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna. Vienna's cathedral priest Toni Faber expressed his gratitude to the police and security authorities "that they have the situation under control and have taken appropriate security measures".
Today is the Feast of Saint Maria Clemens Hofbauer, Heavenly patron of Vienna. Not a good day for this to happen.
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