(Swiss Info) Swiss prosecutors have dropped a case against one of two men suspected of participating in the November 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna.
The man, who was 24 years old at the time, visited the attacker in Vienna and stayed a night with him a few months before the attack. On November 2, an Islamic State (IS) supporter opened fire in the heart of the Austrian capital, killing four people and seriously injuring 23 others before being shot dead by police.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) closed its case against the Swiss citizen for lack of evidence that he participated, the OAG told Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA on Friday, although he was found to have strong sympathy with IS ideology. He is still under investigation in a separate case for depiction of violence and possible violation of Swiss law banning membership of a terrorist organisation.
