Attack in Vienna: six suspects released again

Six of the 16 men arrested in connection with the terrorist attack have been released. With them, the suspicion would not have been confirmed, said the public prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Nina Bussek to the APA. Pretrial detention has been requested for eight, and a decision will be made in the course of the afternoon. Two suspects have not yet been admitted to a prison.

The men are suspected of having contributed to the attack in Vienna or of having committed the crime of participating in a terrorist organization or a criminal organization. Two lines of investigation lead to other countries.

After the attack, five people are still receiving hospital treatment. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the APA health association on Friday upon request. Two victims who were seriously injured in the terrorist attack are still being cared for in intensive care units. Their condition is stable, it said.

Meanwhile, a Viennese citizens’ initiative is already preparing an official liability suit in connection with the terrorist attack. Attorney Karl Newole – who founded the district list “Wir im Erste” – sees “enough” evidence for the state to be liable. “If we had acted in accordance with our duties, the attack would have been preventable,” he said.

Some injured parties have already made inquiries that the citizens’ list is therefore offering advice on their rights to the survivors of victims, injured people and those who have suffered property damage. According to Newole, compensation for funeral costs, mourning and shock damage, maintenance for survivors, compensation for pain and suffering for injured persons, compensation for disability, loss of earnings or property damage could be claimed within the framework of official liability.

FPÖ General Secretary Michael Schnedlitz called Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) a “coward”. Instead of admitting his failure and stepping back, Nehammer churned out the wrong blame. His resignation is “inevitable,” said Schnedlitz.

At the same time, the FPÖ General Secretary defended the liberal club chairman Herbert Kickl. Schnedlitz rejected the attempt to hold Kickl responsible for endangering police officers because he was addressing an apparently planned raid against representatives of the Islamist scene. This was already known in the media when Kickl referred to it.

Those: APA

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