Fejzulai Kujtim: The terrorist killed in Vienna: a 20-year-old Austrian who wanted to travel to Syria and announced the attack on Instagram
Attack. "Strongly armed and dangerous": man hunt in Vienna after chain of terrorist attacks that left at least four dead
Austria: A series of terrorist attacks leaves at least four dead and fifteen injured in the center of Vienna
The Austrian Ministry of the Interior currently lacks evidence indicating the participation of several terrorists in the series of firearms attacks in Vienna, so the deaths and injuries caused in
these attacks could be the work of a single person
: the Austrian of Macedonian roots killed by the Police.
According to the Interior Minister,
Karl Nehammer
, up to
20,000 videos and images provided by citizens
who experienced the shootings
have already been analyzed
.
The series began around 8:00 p.m. and took place in up to six different places, all in the neighborhood popularly known as
'the Bermuda triangle'
.
In that area is the main synagogue of Vienna and a high concentration of bars and restaurants where you can get lost, hence the name.
Nehammer affirmed that despite the absence of indications that suggest a group action
, the investigation continues in all directions and especially in the immediate circle of
the terrorist killed.
His name was Fejzulai Kujtim, he was born in Austria 20 years ago into a family of migrants from the Republic of North Macedonia.
So far,
18 homes
have been registered
in different areas of the country and
14 people
have been arrested
.
Meanwhile, the details about the individual, a follower of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), are multiplying.
The IS has claimed responsibility for the attack in Vienna, without offering evidence, according to a statement from the group's news agency, Amaq, collected by Reuters.
In 2018,
Kujtim tried to travel with a friend to Kabul to join the jihad
, but his path was thwarted by the lack of a visa.
In September of that same year, he traveled to Turkey with the intention of going to Syria, but
the Turkish authorities arrested him two days after his arrival and sent him to prison
, where he spent months.
"It was a mousetrap, with no shower, bathroom and running water," said Nikolaus Rast, the lawyer who handled his case.
From that prison he was sent to Austria.
There he was sentenced, in April 2019, to 22 months in prison for belonging to a terrorist gang
.
His time in jail lasted less than expected.
On December 5, he was released on early parole based on the privileges granted to a young adult by the Juvenile Courts Law (JGG) and from the
belief of the prison authorities that he had de-radicalized
.
On Monday evening he proved that it was not like that.
Four people lost their lives and another 22 were injured, some of them seriously.
A "COMPLETELY NORMAL" FAMILY
Kujtim's destiny seemed marked from his adolescence, when he began to take an interest in Islam.
In the trial that concluded with his deprivation of liberty, Kujtim declared that he approached that religion because his life was empty.
His visits to the mosque began in 2016, along with his radicalization
.
His grades in school worsened and with them the fights with his mother increased.
"I wanted to leave home," he testified at the trial, according to the Austrian daily
Der Standard
, which followed the hearing.
He wanted his own home and his own money.
He believed that life in ISIS would be better.
"I always thought I was a young man with bad luck, a young man who fell into bad company," says the lawyer, who described the terrorist's family as "completely normal."
The most tense moments of the attacks in Vienna
Meanwhile,
the Austrian capital remains a city taken over by the police and in shock
.
The Jewish community has suspended all its activities on Tuesday and closed synagogues, schools and shops, while recommending its members not to go out on the streets, understanding that their safety is not guaranteed after the Islamist attack.
Austria has declared
three days of national mourning for the victims
of the attacks and this Tuesday minutes of silence have been observed in public centers and schools.
Signs of condemnation of these attacks have come from all over the world, as have gestures of solidarity with Austria and the Austrians.
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