Islamist endangers in Lower Austria: Police raise the alarm!

Islamist endangers in Lower Austria: Police raise the alarm!

In a shocking incident that alerts the security authorities in Austria, a 19-year-old man named Beran A. from Ternitz planned a suicide terrorist attack on the Taylor Swift concert in the Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium. According to information from the news magazine OE24, Beran A. has increasingly radicalized in the past few months and has had contact with accomplices about messenger services. His plans included the detonation of a bomb and an attack with power on the concert goers. The investigation was initiated after the US authorities informed Austrian constitutional protection on the threat.

The situation continued to escalate when an Islamist motive for a knife attack in Villach was confirmed on February 16, in which a 14-year-old boy died. The police are currently monitoring up to 20 alleged Islamists in Lower Austria, especially in Neunkirchen and Wiener Neustadt, who are suspected of pursuing terrorist activities, such as noe.orf.at reported . The head of the State Office for State Security and Extremism, Roland Scherscher, emphasized that Lower Austria was not a hotspot for radicals, but the number of Islamist endangers in the region is worrying.

Investigations and radicalization

Beran A. had propagated slogans of the Islamic State (IS) in the past few months and also contracted new crime files. When he was arrested, explosives, detonators, cables and weapons were secured. He himself expressed that he wanted to kill as many "unbelievers" as possible during the concert, which underlines the urgency of the investigation. A alleged accomplice, the 17-year-old Luca K., was also arrested in connection with the attack and had previously come into the focus of other crimes in the authorities' focus, such as OE24 reported .

These incidents have triggered a nationwide discussion about security measures, with politicians and governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner demand more urgent measures in order to counteract the increasing threat of Islamist terrorism in Austria. The accelerated investigations against alleged terrorists show the alert willingness of the authorities in this challenging situation.