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Vienna attack: CCTV, witness footage show terrorist suspect run around & open fire at central city sites | Vienna attack: CCTV, witness footage show terrorist suspect run around & open fire at central city sites |
(about 8 hours later) | |
As Austrian police say multiple attackers have taken part in a terrorist shooting in Vienna’s old city, images have emerged of a bearded man dressed in white and using an AK-style assault rifle to shoot at civilians and police. | As Austrian police say multiple attackers have taken part in a terrorist shooting in Vienna’s old city, images have emerged of a bearded man dressed in white and using an AK-style assault rifle to shoot at civilians and police. |
The yet-unidentified man can be seen in security footage, walking down the cobblestone-lined street before pulling up a rifle and shooting a man in cold blood outside the Stadttempel, a synagogue dating back to the 1820s on Vienna’s Seitenstettengasse on Monday evening. | The yet-unidentified man can be seen in security footage, walking down the cobblestone-lined street before pulling up a rifle and shooting a man in cold blood outside the Stadttempel, a synagogue dating back to the 1820s on Vienna’s Seitenstettengasse on Monday evening. |
Local residents also captured the white-clad gunman from their windows above. | Local residents also captured the white-clad gunman from their windows above. |
A short while later, an identically dressed gunman appears on nearby Schwedenplatz, the plaza along the Danube River, where he is filmed exchanging fire with police officers, injuring at least one. | A short while later, an identically dressed gunman appears on nearby Schwedenplatz, the plaza along the Danube River, where he is filmed exchanging fire with police officers, injuring at least one. |
He can be seen in another video, running away from the officers and past a residential building, as people inside hide from the gunshots. | He can be seen in another video, running away from the officers and past a residential building, as people inside hide from the gunshots. |
At least one of the videos captures the man shouting “Allahu akbar,” meaning “God is the greatest,” the Arabic phrase known as ‘Takbir’. | At least one of the videos captures the man shouting “Allahu akbar,” meaning “God is the greatest,” the Arabic phrase known as ‘Takbir’. |
Austrian authorities have said multiple suspects took part in the attack that reportedly claimed at least one life and injured up to 15 people. | Austrian authorities have said multiple suspects took part in the attack that reportedly claimed at least one life and injured up to 15 people. |
On Tuesday morning, police said that in total, the shooting claimed the lives of two men and one woman. | |
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