PM condoles for Vienna terror attack victims

Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Tuesday expressed her condolences to Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz following the attacks in Vienna on Monday, said a government press release.

Marin expressed her deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased and to others who have been touched by the attacks.

Four people were killed and 15 others seriously injured in the Vienna shootings on Monday evening, according to the local police.

The police said they received a call at around 8:00 PM about shots being fired near Vienna’s main synagogue on a downtown street lined with bars and restaurants where many people were enjoying a final night out before Austria enters a month-long COVID-19 lockdown.

Multiple attackers armed with rifles opened fire at five other places in the city.