Details of the preparation of a terrorist attack on Christmas Day in Vienna: two Tajiks and a Chechen are suspected
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Vienna police have detained a Tajik couple and a Chechen man on suspicion of having links to the ISIS and planning attacks on city landmarks. The arrests took place after police received a tip-off and observed unusual activity near potential targets.
In Vienna, police detained a married couple from Tajikistan and a Chechen on suspicion of involvement in an an international terrorist organization. The details of this special operation are reported by Heute, reports UNN.
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It is noted that the detainees are suspected of terrorism and were part of the radical Islamist Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISPK) network. The likely targets of the attacks are believed to be St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Vienna Prater.
According to Heute, the investigation into the attack was launched following a tip-off from Germany. A 30-year-old Tajik man who arrived in Vienna in early December and was behaving unusually. It is said that he was filmed St. Stephen's Cathedral from different angles, checked the entrance area on surveillance cameras and checking the walls. They also say that he was filming on Prater Hauptallee and behaved strangely for a tourist.
According to the Austrian prosecutor's office, on December 8, a "secret meeting" was held at a refugee center in the Vienna district of Ottakring a so-called "secret meeting" was held at a refugee center in the Ottakring district of Vienna. The next day, the Tajik flew to Turkey via Vienna-Schwechat airport and returned shortly afterward. Shortly before Christmas, several raids were conducted in an apartment building on Taliasstraße several raids were carried out in the apartment building on Taliasstraße.
A 28-year-old Tajik man and and his 27-year-old wife were arrested, their data storage devices were confiscated and about 6 thousand euros in cash
Also arrested were The couple's 47-year-old neighbor is a Chechen who has been in the country since 2012 and has never attracted negative attention. has never attracted negative attention. The married father of three denies that he knew the other two men and does not understand why he is now in prison.
Currently, 14 cell phones of the arrested are being analyzed.
