“The police informed about the end of the measure to Twitter. “In view of the official communication from the Austrian side, which excludes the existence of other perpetrators of yesterday’s attacks, who could be on the move, @PolicieCZ is terminating all measures taken in connection with them. The only perpetrator of the attack was shot in a police operation yesterday, “said the police presidium.
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In addition to the border with Austria, the increased protection also concerned important Jewish buildings in the Czech Republic; for tactical reasons, the police did not say which ones they were.
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NO COMMENT: Monday’s Austrian police intervention in Vienna
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At the border, police mainly checked at random. “This is not the same situation as in the spring due to the closure of the border as part of measures against the spread of covid. The deployment of the police is in response to the terrorist attacks in Vienna. Police patrols are doing a random check, “said police spokesman Bohumil Malášek on Tuesday, adding that his colleagues were also guarding the green border.
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Although police officers went into service armed with submachine guns, many drivers attributed their presence to measures against the spread of coronavirus. “I probably won’t really shoot the bacillus with a submachine gun,” one of the patrolmen smiled.
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Police with machine guns guard the border with Austria.
Photo: Milan Vojtek, Law
In response to the events in Vienna, the police presidium informed on Tuesday morning about the increase in border security, and security measures also applied to the buildings of synagogues and others. The patrols set out for the border on Monday evening.
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An offender killed four people and injured 17 others during a terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday. The first shots were fired around eight in the evening near the synagogue on Seitenstettengasse. Other incidents took place nearby at Morzinplatz and Fleischmarkt, Salzgries, Bauernmarkt and Graben.
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The assassin, who, according to the Interior Ministry, espoused the ideology of the Islamic State terrorist organization, was shot dead by police. The Austrian police were still unsure on Tuesday whether the perpetrator had companions who could go abroad.
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