Austria: shooting in central Vienna leaves several injured

The shooting took place in downtown Vienna, near the synagogue.

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Several shots were fired on Monday evening in the center of Vienna, near a synagogue.

One of the attackers "would have died, another on the run," said the Interior Ministry, quoted by the Austrian press agency APA.

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Shots fired in the Innere Stadt (the old town) and there are wounded.

Keep away from all public places or public transport,

 ”police in the Austrian capital said on Twitter.

Shots fired in the Inner City district - there are persons injured - KEEP AWAY from all public places or public Transport - don't share any Videos or Fotos!

  POLIZEI WIEN (@LPDWien) November 2, 2020

The

Kronen Zeitung

newspaper

reported gunshots in a street where the main synagogue in the Austrian capital is located.

#Vienna According to the Austrian daily @krone_at there are several assailants.

One of them also allegedly detonated his explosive vest.

#Wien https://t.co/hP3UaWUkiA

  Camille Despierres (@CDespierres) November 2, 2020

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