Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly shooting in Vienna that left four dead
- A statement on messaging app Telegram identified ‘a soldier of the caliphate’ as being responsible for the assault in the Austrian capital
- In a separate statement, IS propaganda arm Amaq cited ‘a gun attack yesterday by an Islamic State fighter in the city of Vienna’
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna the day before, the group said in a statement on its Telegram channels.
The statement on the messaging app identified “a soldier of the caliphate” as being responsible for the assault on Monday night in the Austrian capital that left four people dead.
In a separate statement, accompanied by a photograph of the armed assailant, IS propaganda arm Amaq cited “a gun attack yesterday (Monday) by an Islamic State fighter in the city of Vienna”.
Amaq also published a short video in which the armed perpetrator filmed himself pledging allegiance to the head of the jihadist organisation.
Austrian police had said earlier on Tuesday that the shooting had been carried out by a known Islamist extremist who had spent time in prison.
Twenty-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai was shot dead after he opened fire with an automatic weapon in a busy area of the historic Austrian capital.
