Austrian police said terrorist attack in Vienna prevented
Other countries
- 21 January, 2017
- 09:18
Baku. 21 January. REPORT.AZ/ Vienna Police arrested 18-year-old naturalized citizen, planned to carry out a terrorist attack.
Report informs citing the BBC, Austria's interior minister Wolfgang Sobotka said.
According to him an Austrian citizen of a migrant background has "indications" of radicalism.
Police are warning the public to be alert and to report suspicious objects.
"We received information about this person from the intelligence services of foreign countries. Our police forces managed in quick time to arrest a suspect and so prevent a potential terror attack in the federal capital Vienna," he told reporters.
Latest News
11:09
Around 2,000 volunteers to take part in Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix
Formula 111:04
4 dead after being hit by express train at station north of Tokyo
Other countries10:53
Death toll in Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 8
Other countries10:46
Photo
Azerbaijani journalists visit Imam Bukhari Mausoleum in Samarkand
Media10:31
Torrential rains kill 29 in Philippines
Other countries10:24
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their children returning to UK
Other countries10:19
Azeri Light oil price exceeds $95 per barrel
Energy10:12
Five bears shot in Altai within 24 hours after tourist killed
Region10:06