(Reuters) Austria’s domestic intelligence service has narrowed down primarily to Syria-related locations the threat of an Islamist attack in Vienna that was made public on Wednesday, the city’s police said on Thursday.
The police took the unusual step on Wednesday of warning the public on social media that it was stepping up armed patrols at places of worship and other sensitive sites because the Directorate for State Protection and Intelligence (DSN) had information suggesting an Islamist attack was being prepared.
“A new threat assessment by the (DSN) … has found that this primarily concerns Syrian institutions, particularly due to the anniversary of the civil war in Syria,” Vienna police said on Twitter on Thursday, later adding in an English translation that the anniversary was on Wednesday.
