Austria arrests 16-year-old on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack The teenager was allegedly planning an attack against a synagogue in Vienna, authorities have said.

December 11, 2023   

(Local) Austrian authorities have arrested a 16-year-old boy from Upper Austria on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack against a synagogue in Vienna. The arrest was made last Thursday, December 7th, and the teenager is in custody.

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) and the head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN), Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, held a press conference on Monday to announce the arrest and provide details about the investigation.

According to Haijawi-Pirchner, the suspect, who lives near Steyr in Upper Austria and has “Austrian citizenship and a Turkish migration background,” had been making concrete plans for an attack on an unspecified synagogue in Vienna since October.

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