Austria: shots near synagogue in Vienna, several injured -

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Several shots were fired in central Vienna on Monday evening, police said, local media reporting an attack on 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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On its Twitter account, the police in the Austrian capital keep the population informed.

"Gunshots in the downtown area, there are people injured," she wrote on Monday evening, before asking residents to "keep away from all places public or public transport ”, not to share photos or videos and to stay at home.

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