Syria’s Foreign Minister Faysal Mikdad denounced what he called a “cowardly act” in a phone call with his Iranian colleague, Javad Zarif. Offering his nation’s condolences to Iran over the incident, Mikdad said that the murder was an attack against scientists and researchers in all parts of the world. While …
Read More »Vienna attack investigation: Terrorist likely acted alone after he ‘tricked’ Austria’s deradicalization program, minister says
The Islamist radical, who killed four people in a shooting attack on Monday, would still be serving his sentence in prison, had he not deceived the deradicalization program overseen by the Austrian Justice Ministry, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer revealed during a press conference. Nehammer said the fact that such a …
Read More »Vienna terrorist attack: 4th viсtim confirmed dead & 14 injured, shooter revealed as 20yo man convicted for trying to join ISIS
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has confirmed that one more person has died, bringing the civilian death toll in the recent Vienna attack to four. The fourth victim was a woman, Austrian media reported, citing the country’s interior ministry. A total of 14 people have been injured, some of them seriously, …
Read More »Vienna attack carried out by ‘at least 1 Islamist terrorist’ & ‘Islamic State sympathizer’ – Austrian interior minister
“We experienced an attack yesterday evening from at least one Islamist terrorist,” Nehammer told reporters, adding that the man killed by police was an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) sympathizer. Nehammer described the assailant as a “radicalized individual with links to Islamic State.” Meanwhile, police said the death toll from …
Read More »Do NOT send children to school, Vienna parents told as at least one suspected terrorist is still on the run
“If possible, leave your children at home” on Tuesday, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters at a press conference shortly after midnight. Police still don’t know the whereabouts of one of the two suspected attackers, he added. Nehammer also urged people to stay away from the centre of the city, …
Read More »‘We are in a war’: French interior minister says country must brace for more terrorist attacks fueled by ‘Islamist ideology’
“We are in a war against an enemy that is both inside and outside,” Darmanin told RTL radio on Friday. He said that France must brace for further tragedy as it fights against “Islamist ideology.” “We need to understand that there have been and there will be other events such …
Read More »‘France under attack’: Prosecutor reveals terrorist’s ID & timeline of beheading carnage in Nice church
How the attack unfolded Early on Thursday morning, an assailant armed with a knife entered the Basilica of Notre-Dame – Nice’s main Catholic church – and began a stabbing spree that lasted nearly 30 minutes, according to France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard. The attack left three victims dead, including …
Read More »Knifeman beheaded TWO victims in church terrorist attack, Nice first deputy mayor tells RT (VIDEO)
Shocking media reports on Thursday morning indicated that one of the churchgoers was beheaded, but the deputy mayor of Nice confirmed to RT France by phone that the reality turned out to be even grimmer. “The assailant beheaded a woman and then a man who was working at the church,” …
Read More »Attack in Nice carried out by ‘Islamist terrorist’, Macron says, ordering troops to patrol churches & schools in France (VIDEO)
Two people were killed inside a Catholic church in the southern French city, according to local reports, while a third person managed to escape from the attacker but later succumbed to their injuries. The suspect was shot by police and injured. He has been taken to hospital. Visiting Nice in the …
Read More »French interior minister warns of terrorist threat amid nation’s ‘battle against an Islamist ideology’
Speaking on Tuesday, Darmanin told France-Inter Radio that security operations will be ramped up at religious sites as the country faces an increased terrorist threat ahead of All Saints’ Day on November 1, in the wake of the recent brutal killing of a history teacher in an apparent Islamist attack. …
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