<ul class="summary-list"><li>Western leaders have called for a <keyword id="12354157" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="war-crimes" source="Orion">war crimes</keyword> investigation into the Russian invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li><li>Austrian Chancellor <keyword id="13633795" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karl-nehammer" source="Orion">Karl Nehammer</keyword> said Putin is open to an investigation, but there are challenges.</li></ul>Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> expressed openness to cooperating with an international investigation into potential war crimes committed in Ukraine.Nehammer on Monday became the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/austrian-leader-not-particularly-optimistic-after-talks-with-putin-2022-4">first European Union leader to meet with Putin</a> since <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> invaded Ukraine on February 24. Prior to visiting Moscow, the Austrian leader went to Ukraine, where he visited Bucha and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.In an interview with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-austrian-chancellor-putin-believes-he-is-winning-the-war-in-ukraine-137864261833">NBC's "Meet the Press"</a> on Saturday, Nehammer said he went to Russia after Ukraine "to confront President Putin" with what he saw in Ukraine."I told him what I saw. I saw the war crimes. I saw the massive loss of the Russian army. And I told him that there is a need for humanitarian corridors for cities like Mariupol or Kharkiv, for example. Civilians need water and we need to take care of the wounded there," Nehammer said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1515407982187749380">April 16, 2022</a></blockquote>Host Chuck Todd asked how Putin reacted when Nehammer accused his soldiers of committing war crimes."He told me he will cooperate with an international investigation, on the one hand, and on the other hand, he told me that he doesn't trust the Western world," Nehammer said, adding: "this will be the problem now in the future."Nehammer said he thinks an international investigation is "necessary" and that he tried to convince Putin of that."It was a tough discussion," he said, adding: "But I tried to convince him that, for example, the former Yugoslavian war showed us that international investigation is useful to prosecute the war criminals."Many Western leaders, including President Joe Biden, have called on Putin and Russia to be investigated over reports of potential <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-accuses-russia-war-crimes-attacks-on-civilians-ukraine-2022-3">war crimes</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-women-injured-russian-attack-mariupol-ukraine-maternity-hospital-2022-3">atrocities</a> committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.Rep. Ilhan Omar and other lawmakers this week <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ilhan-omar-us-hypocritical-support-war-crimes-putin-russia-icc-2022-4">called on the US to join the International Criminal Court</a>, an international body based in The Hague, Netherlands, that investigates genocides, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.Calls for a war crimes investigation grew louder after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-forces-withdraw-kyiv-failure-capture-ukraine-capital-city-war-2022-4">Russian forces retreated from the areas around Kyiv</a> earlier this month and revealed devastated Ukrainian towns, along with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tell-everyone-what-they-have-done-to-us-a-month-of-terror-in-bucha-ukraine-2022-4">reports of Russian troops murdering and raping civilians</a>.There have also been reports of at least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-condemns-apparent-ukrainian-war-crime-2022-4">one incident in which Ukrainian forces</a> may have committed a war crime, with video emerging last week that appeared to show Ukrainian troops executing a captured Russian soldier.

Putin said he would cooperate with an international investigation into war crimes but 'he doesn't trust the Western world,' Austrian leader says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Austrian Chancellor <keyword id="13633795" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karl-nehammer" source="Orion">Karl Nehammer</keyword> was the first EU leader to meet with Putin since the invasion.</li><li>Nehammer told NBC's "Meet the Press" the conversation was "frank and tough."</li></ul>Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> is fairly confident about his military campaign in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, even after Russian forces withdrew from part of the country after weeks of stagnation.Nehammer on Monday became the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/austrian-leader-not-particularly-optimistic-after-talks-with-putin-2022-4">first European Union leader to meet with Putin</a> since <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> invaded Ukraine on February 24. In an interview with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-austrian-chancellor-putin-believes-he-is-winning-the-war-in-ukraine-137864261833">NBC's "Meet the Press"</a> on Saturday, Nehammer said the conversation with Putin was not "friendly" but "frank and tough.""I think he is now in his own war logic. He thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the Russian Federation. He doesn't trust the international community. He blames Ukrainians for genocide in the Donbas region."When asked by host Chuck Todd if Putin thought he was winning the war, Nehammer said he thinks "he believes he is winning the war."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1515407982187749380">April 16, 2022</a></blockquote>Nehammer said earlier this week he was "not particularly optimistic after my talks with Putin.""I made it clear to Mr. Putin, his attitude, his view is not shared by anybody," Nehammer said during a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/austrian-leader-not-particularly-optimistic-after-talks-with-putin-2022-4">press briefing</a> in Moscow. "He sees it as a kind of self-defense operation of the Russian federation. He calls it special military operations. I call it the war."Russian forces <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-forces-withdraw-kyiv-failure-capture-ukraine-capital-city-war-2022-4">withdrew from areas around Kyiv</a> earlier this month after failing to capture Ukraine's capital city and were dealt another blow this week after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-ships-head-south-as-flagship-moskva-battles-extensive-fire-2022-4">warship Moskva</a> was struck by a Ukrainian missile and sunk.Russian troops have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-intv-ukraines-president-issues-chilling-warning-for-donbas-war-2022-4">regrouping</a> for what is expected to be a new offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

The first European Union leader to meet with Putin since the invasion of Ukraine says the Russian president 'believes he is winning the war'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer who met with Putin Monday said he's not "particularly optimistic" after their talk.</li><li>Nehammer was the first European leader to meet with Putin face-to-face since the start of the <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> war.</li></ul>Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he was not "particularly optimistic" following his talks with Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> over the war in Ukraine.On Monday, Nehammer was the first European leader to meet with Putin face-to-face since the Russian president launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine in late February."At the moment I'm not particularly optimistic after my talks with Putin. The offensive (in Ukraine) is being prepared with determination," Nehammer said in a <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-11-22/h_ba43cedf48937b4b4f3ba236a64975cc">press briefing</a> in Moscow, adding that he presented the Russian president "with the facts" during their 75-minute meeting."I made it clear to Mr. Putin, his attitude, his view is not shared by anybody," Nehammer continued. "He sees it as a kind of self-defense operation of the Russian federation. He calls it special military operations. I call it the war."The Austrian chancellor said he told Putin that "the sanctions against <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> will stay in place and will be toughened further" as long as people were dying in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian offensive.According to Nehammer, Putin was dismissive of the atrocities being committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, including accusations of potential war crimes against Ukrainian civilians, per a report by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/11/world/ukraine-russia-war-news#ukraine-russia-war-putin">The New York Times</a>. As the war enters its seventh week, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/09/ukraine-battle-east-shift/">The Washington Post</a> reported that Russian troops are expected to shift its strategy to focus on eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.The territory has been contested since 2014, and <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2994917/defense-official-says-conflict-in-ukraines-donbas-region-could-be-knife-fight/">a senior US defense official said</a> the conflict that could arise there could be a "knife fight," as both countries are familiar with the region."The Russians and the Ukrainians have been focused on the Donbas for eight years, and [it's been] for eight years that the Ukrainians have been able to stymie Russia's larger objectives in the Donbas," the official said. "But the fighting has been bloody, it's been stiff. And it's been pretty consistent for years."  Nehammer echoed the sentiment, saying during the Monday press conference that "the battle being threatened cannot be underestimated in its violence."Nehammer said Putin told him that "it would be better if [the war] ended soon," but it was not immediately clear if the Russian president meant via peace talks or continued military assault on Ukraine.The Austrian leader said "it was also clear and recognizable" that Putin "still has confidence" in the ongoing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. The Russian president initially ordered to suspend military operations as the countries first entered peace talks, but Russia later <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-will-not-pause-military-operation-ukraine-peace-talks-2022-04-11/">continued its military operation</a> in Ukraine despite rounds of peace talks that have taken place since last month.In late March, the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Froman-abramovich-and-ukrainian-peace-negotiators-suffer-symptoms-of-suspected-poisoning-11648480493%3FAID%3D11557093%26PID%3D6415797%26SID%3Dbi%257C6241d179056870039f08752a%257C16497170065479qloh8xd%26subid%3DBusiness%2BInsider%26cjevent%3D18c25a06b9e911ec80f46d6f0a82b832%26tier_1%3Daffiliate%26tier_2%3Dmoa%26tier_3%3DBusiness%2BInsider%26tier_4%3D3861930%26tier_5%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wsj.com%252Farticles%252Froman-abramovich-and-ukrainian-peace-negotiators-suffer-symptoms-of-suspected-poisoning-11648480493">Wall Street Journal</a> reported that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/roman-abramovich-ukraine-negotiators-poison-attack-symptoms-wsj-report-2022-3">experienced symptoms of suspected poisoning</a>, including such as red eyes and the peeling of skin on their hands and faces. The conditions of those affected have since improved, per the Journal. A senior Ukrainian official said peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv resumed on April 1, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/31/peace-talks-between-russia-and-ukraine-to-resume-on-friday-says-negotiator">The Guardian</a> reported last week.

Austrian leader said he's not 'particularly optimistic' following his talks with Putin

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A gunman who opened fire in <keyword id="13026" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vienna">Vienna</keyword> on Monday night had been released from a deradicalization program after pretending to renounce jihadism, Austrian officials said Wednesday.</li><li>The attacker, who was shot dead by the police, has been named by officials as <a href="https://www.insider.com/vienna-shooting-gunman-terrorist-isis-sympathizer-2020-11">Kujtim Fejzulai, a 20-year-old who was previously imprisoned for trying to join the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria</a>.</li><li>He was imprisoned in April 2019 and freed early in December after enrolling in a deradicalization program, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/austria-terror-attacker-pretended-he-had-given-up-jihadism">The Guardian</a> and <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-targeted-vienna-drinkers-enjoying-last-hours-before-lockdown-tljz28x6c">The Times of London</a> reported.</li><li><keyword id="21177" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Austria">Austria</keyword>'s interior minister, Karl Nehammer, said the attacker had "managed to deceive the judiciary's deradicalization program," which led to his early release, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vienna-shooter-tried-to-join-isis-53282a7da4f3a1903358b4b16d8a17a6">according to the Associated Press</a>.</li><li>As of Tuesday afternoon, the attack has left four people dead and at least 22 injured. Authorities believe he may have acted alone, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54798679">according to the BBC</a>.</li></ul>The perpetrator of the Vienna shootings on Monday night, <a href="https://www.insider.com/vienna-shooting-gunman-terrorist-isis-sympathizer-2020-11">who was once imprisoned for trying to join the Islamic State terrorist group</a>, had been discharged from a deradicalization program by tricking his mentors into thinking he was reformed, Austria says.The shootings in multiple locations, which Austrian authorities have deemed a terrorist attack, left four people dead and at least 22 others injured, <a href="https://twitter.com/LPDWien/status/1323640604656570368/photo/1">the city's police said Tuesday afternoon</a>.Authorities have named the gunman as Kujtim Fejzulai, a 20-year-old with Austrian and North Macedonian dual citizenship. They currently believe he acted alone, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54798679">according to the BBC</a>.Fejzulai was sentenced to 22 months in prison in April 2019 for trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State, also known as <keyword id="174501" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ISIS">ISIS</keyword>, but was freed early in December under juvenile law, <a href="https://www.kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/5891680/ISSympathisant_WienAttentaeter-Fejzulai-Kujtim_20-Jahre-und">Kleine Zeitung</a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-islamic-state-group-austria-shootings-vienna-53282a7da4f3a1903358b4b16d8a17a6">the Associated Press reported</a>.On Tuesday afternoon, Austria's interior minister, Karl Nehammer, said that Fejzulai was discharged early under the condition that he would be monitored by a deradicalization program called Derad and that Fejzulai had duped his mentors into believing he had been successfully reformed, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/austria-terror-attacker-pretended-he-had-given-up-jihadism">The Guardian</a> and <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-targeted-vienna-drinkers-enjoying-last-hours-before-lockdown-tljz28x6c">The Times of London</a> reported.According to The Guardian, Nehammer said Fejzulai created an impression that he had deradicalized and wanted to reintegrate into Austrian society, "all while being focused on destroying the system.""We are seeing a fault line in our system. There was a premature release of a radicalized person," Nehammer said, according to The Guardian."Fact is: the terrorist managed to deceive the judiciary's deradicalization program."<div type="image" title="Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer addresses a press conference on November 3, 2020 in Vienna on the morning after a shootout in the city center. - A huge manhunt was under way November 3, 2020 after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least three people and wounding several more in what the Austrian Chancellor described as a &quot;repulsive terror attack&quot;. One of the suspected killers, identified as an Islamic State group sympathiser, was shot dead by police who said they were searching for at least one more assailant still at large. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)" height="2453" width="4907" msid="79041402" hostid="261"></div>According to The Guardian, the director of Derad, Moussa al-Hassan Diaw, has rejected reports that his program had declared the Vienna attacker safe.He said Derad provided reports on bimonthly meetings with participants that Austrian courts could consult, adding, "Until a deradicalization program is stopped completely, there is always an element of risk," according to The Guardian.The Vienna police <a href="https://twitter.com/LPDWien/status/1323640604656570368/photo/1">said on Twitter on Tuesday</a> that authorities had raided 18 houses had made 14 arrests in connection to the attack.The attack started at 8 p.m. and ended at 8:09 p.m. when an attacker, identified as Fejzulai, was shot dead by the police, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/world/europe/vienna-attack-shooter.html">The New York Times reported</a>.The four victims of the attack were "an elderly man, an elderly woman, a young male passerby and a waitress," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/vienna-terror-attack-isis-sympathiser-blamed-for-shooting-that-left-dead">according to The Guardian</a>.<div type="image" title="Vienna terror attack" height="512" width="1024" msid="79041408" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/vienna-shooting-gunman-terrorist-isis-sympathizer-2020-11">Nehammer said</a> on Tuesday that Fejzulai "was equipped with a dummy explosive belt and an automatic long gun, a handgun, and a machete."Kurz <a href="https://twitter.com/sebastiankurz/status/1323563403508649985">said in a Tuesday-morning tweet</a>: "It was an Islamist terrorist attack. It was a hate attack. Out of hatred for our core values."The attack took place in Vienna's busy nightlife district, which is also near the city's largest synagogue. Monday was the last day Austrians could visit bars and restaurants before the country's new coronavirus lockdown took effect.As Insider has previously reported, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/deradicalization-terrorists-does-it-work-london-bridge-2019-12">deradicalization programs vary in their efficacy</a>.Countries like Denmark, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia have seen demonstrable success in their national programs.The UK, however, has faced numerous terrorist attacks perpetrated by people released from its programs.The killings in Vienna appear to be the latest in a new flurry of terrorist attacks to hit Western Europe this autumn.<ul><li>On October 16, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-beheaded-in-paris-after-showing-cartoons-of-prophet-muhammad-2020-10">a teacher was beheaded in Paris</a> in apparent retaliation for showing his class cartoons that depicted the Prophet Muhammad.</li><li>On October 29, three people were <a href="https://www.insider.com/nice-attack-victims-church-warden-woman-prayer-mother-cathedral-2020-10">stabbed to death in an attack at a church in Nice</a>, France.</li><li>On Saturday, <a href="https://www.insider.com/lyon-france-gunman-priest-church-reports-2020-10">a Greek Orthodox priest was shot</a> in the French city of Lyon.</li></ul>Those attacks appeared linked to recent moves by France to regulate Islam, amid a clash <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/france-turkey-arab-states-anger-macron-regulate-islam-2020-10?_ga=2.213899860.1978320884.1604394205-718181260.1597761415">between Muslim leaders and President Emmanuel Macron</a> over radical Islam and the publication <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/macron-understand-muslim-hate-prophet-cartoons-but-france-freedom-speech-2020-11?_ga=2.245879492.1978320884.1604394205-718181260.1597761415">of the insulting cartoons</a>.

The Vienna shooter was released from a deradicalization program by duping his mentors into believing he had renounced jihadism, Austria says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Austrian officials described a gunman who opened fire in central <keyword id="13026" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vienna">Vienna</keyword> on Monday night before being shot dead by the police as a terrorist who previously tried to join the Islamic State in Syria.</li><li>Four people were killed and at least 17 were injured in the attack. Multiple shots were fired across several locations starting at about 8 p.m., <a href="https://www.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000121390199/drei-tote-bei-islamistischem-terroranschlag-in-wien-ein-taeter-erschossen?responsive=false">Der Standard reported</a>.</li><li>The gunman killed by the police was later identified as a 20-year-old Austrian and North Macedonian dual citizen who was convicted of trying to visit Syria to join the Islamic State, the terrorist group also known as ISIS.</li><li>As of Tuesday morning, the Austrian police were still looking for at least one suspect, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54788613">the BBC</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/world/europe/vienna-shooting.html">The New York Times</a> reported. It is not clear whether the gunman acted alone.</li><li>ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, a local reporter tweeted on Tuesday.</li></ul>Austrian authorities have described a gunman who carried out the <a href="https://www.insider.com/vienna-terror-attack-injuries-deaths-details-2020-11">attack that killed four people</a> in Vienna on Monday as a terrorist who was once caught trying to join ISIS.Multiple shots were fired across six locations in the city center starting at about 8 p.m. local time, the Vienna police <a href="https://twitter.com/LPDWien/status/1323376887687688197">tweeted Monday night</a>.Four people were killed and 17 others were injured, the country's <a href="https://www.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000121390199/drei-tote-bei-islamistischem-terroranschlag-in-wien-ein-taeter-erschossen?responsive=false">Der Standard newspaper reported</a>, adding that a police officer was among those injured.<keyword id="21177" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Austria">Austria</keyword>'s interior minister, Karl Nehammer, said at a press conference early Tuesday morning that one gunman was also shot dead by the police.As of Tuesday morning, the Austrian police were still looking for at least one suspect, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54788613">the BBC</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/world/europe/vienna-shooting.html">The New York Times</a> reported. It was still unclear whether the gunman acted alone, The Times said.French journalist Wassim Nasr tweeted Tuesday afternoon that ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack. He also shared a photograph of the man they say carried out the <keyword id="150" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shooting">shooting</keyword>, named Abu Doujana al-Albani.<h2>The assailant is said to have tried to go to Syria to join ISIS</h2>Nehammer said the deceased gunman was sympathetic to the Islamic State and had been "radicalized" by the group, also known as ISIS."We experienced an attack yesterday evening from at least one Islamist terrorist," he said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Reuters (@Reuters) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1323552999877193731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>"He was equipped with a dummy explosive belt and an automatic long gun, a handgun, and a machete to carry out this hideous attack on innocent citizens," Nehammer added.Nehammer said the gunman who was shot dead was an Austrian and North Macedonian dual citizen and had a criminal record.Nehammer told the country's APA <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> agency that the man had a conviction under a law that punishes the membership of a terrorist organization, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-islamic-state-group-austria-shootings-vienna-53282a7da4f3a1903358b4b16d8a17a6">the Associated Press reported</a>.Austria's <a href="https://www.kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/5891680/ISSympathisant_WienAttentaeter-Fejzulai-Kujtim_20-Jahre-und">Kleine Zeitung</a>, citing Nehammer, and the AP have named the dead assailant as Kujtim Fejzulai, 20.Both outlets reported that he was sentenced to 22 months in prison in April 2019 for trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS but was granted a conditional early release in December 2019 under juvenile law.In a Tuesday-morning tweet, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz <a href="https://twitter.com/sebastiankurz/status/1323563403508649985">said</a>: "It was an Islamist terrorist attack. It was a hate attack. Out of hatred for our core values."<div type="image" title="Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer addresses a press conference on November 3, 2020 in Vienna on the morning after a shootout in the city center. - A huge manhunt was under way November 3, 2020 after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least three people and wounding several more in what the Austrian Chancellor described as a &quot;repulsive terror attack&quot;. One of the suspected killers, identified as an Islamic State group sympathiser, was shot dead by police who said they were searching for at least one more assailant still at large. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)" height="2517" width="5034" msid="79020330" hostid="261"></div>As of Tuesday morning, the Austrian police had searched 15 houses and arrested several people, Der Standard said.Seven of those injured in the attack were in critical condition, said Dr. Michael Binder, the medical director of the Vienna Health Association, according to Der Standard.The shooting began outside the Seitenstettengasse synagogue in central Vienna, but people in nearby bars and restaurants appeared to be the primary target, Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister said, according <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/vienna-terror-suspect-wore-a-bomb-belt-and-was-is-sympathiser-minister-says-12122320">to Sky News</a>.Monday was the last day Austrians could visit bars and restaurants before the country's new coronavirus lockdown went into place.The killings appear to be the latest in a new flurry of terrorist attacks to hit Western Europe this autumn.<div type="image" title="Nice attack" height="1000" width="2000" msid="79020333" hostid="261"></div>On October 16, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-beheaded-in-paris-after-showing-cartoons-of-prophet-muhammad-2020-10">a teacher was beheaded in Paris</a> in apparent retaliation for showing his class cartoons that depicted the Prophet Muhammad.On October 29, three people were <a href="https://www.insider.com/nice-attack-victims-church-warden-woman-prayer-mother-cathedral-2020-10">stabbed to death in an attack at a church in Nice</a>, France.And on Saturday, <a href="https://www.insider.com/lyon-france-gunman-priest-church-reports-2020-10">a Greek Orthodox priest was shot</a> in the French city of Lyon.After the Paris beheading, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new law that would give the French government unprecedented power to scrutinize mosques and Islamic associations.<div type="image" title="ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 27: (RUSSIA OUT) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) attend their joint press conference at the Summit on October 27, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Turkey have gathered in Istanbul for a one-day summit on Syrian crisis. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)" height="1997" width="3995" msid="79020335" hostid="261"></div>Macron has called Islam "a religion in crisis all over the world," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/france-turkey-arab-states-anger-macron-regulate-islam-2020-10">prompting the anger</a> of majority-Muslim countries.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Macron needed "mental" treatment and accused Europe of "rising Islamophobia." In response, France recalled its ambassador to Turkey.Macron <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1323538933125390336">tweeted his sympathies</a> to the Austrian people on Tuesday morning."Europe is in mourning," he said. "One of our own has been hit hard by Islamist terrorism. We think of the victims, their families, the shattered lives. France stands alongside Austria, ready to lend its support."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/macron-understand-muslim-hate-prophet-cartoons-but-france-freedom-speech-2020-11">Macron said he understands Muslims' fury over cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad but defended France's 'freedom to speak, to write, to think, to draw'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-turkey-erdogan-macron-feud-2020-10">Charlie Hebdo, whose cartoons sparked terror attacks in France, published a cutting caricature of Turkish President Erdogan amid his feud with Macron</a></li></ul>

A gunman in the deadly Vienna terror attack was previously convicted of trying to join ISIS, Austria says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>At least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a terror attack in <keyword id="13026" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vienna">Vienna</keyword>, Austria, on Monday evening, officials said.</li><li>Police believe there are several suspects and are on the hunt for all involved, The New York Times reported.</li><li>The area where gunfire erupted is a place for nightlife entertainment, bars, and Vienna's main temple, the Seitenstettengasse synagogue.</li></ul>At least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in an apparent <keyword id="26935" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="terrorist">terrorist</keyword> attack in Vienna's city center on Monday night, multiple <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlets reported.Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said: "It is definitely a terror attack."The <a href="https://www.bild.de/news/2020/news/terroranschlag-schuesse-in-wien-mehrere-tote-und-verletzte-73728258.bild.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austrian news agency APA reported</a>, citing the Ministry of the Interior, said a police officer was among the casualties."At the moment we assume there are several perpetrators," said Karl Nehammer, Austria's interior minister.The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/austria-vienna-gunfire-several-injured-8f470e305de307b23c8e5a1a94b8036d">Associated Press</a> also reported that one of the suspects was killed."I am glad that our police were able to neutralize one of the attackers," Kurz said. "We will not never allow ourselves to be intimidated by <keyword id="6358165" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="terrorism">terrorism</keyword> and will fight these attacks with all means."As of Tuesday morning, Nehammer said that at least one of the suspects was still at large, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/world/europe/vienna-austria-attack-shooter.html">The New York Times</a> reported.Seven of the wounded are hospitalized with serious injuries, the AP reported.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—POLIZEI WIEN (@LPDWien) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1323376887687688197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote>The police have urged residents of <a href="https://www.bmi.gv.at/news.aspx?id=63696A674B3672634F59303D">downtown Vienna to stay home while they investigate.</a> They also asked people not to distribute photos or video of their whereabouts.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1323376235154726914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote>The <keyword id="150" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shooting">shooting</keyword> took place downtown, which is packed with bars. Vienna's main synagogue, on Seitenstettengasse, is also nearby.It was closed when the gunfire broke out, and it was not immediately clear if the synagogue was a target, the AP reported.Police told Puls 24 that there are <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1323381976913616902">at least six crime scenes</a> associated with the shooting, all of them downtown.As the night continued more gunshots were reported in the city's First District and emergency vehicles blocked off streets.Over 150 special police officers and 100 regular duty officers were in the city center looking for suspects and patrolling the area, The Times reported.<div type="image" title="Vienna police shooting terrorist" height="682" width="1024" msid="79009946" hostid="261"></div>The president of the Jewish Religious Community in Austria, Oskar Deutsch, tweeted that worshippers were asked to remain indoors when the shooting broke out and not to exit onto the public streets.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Oskar Deutsch (@DeutschOskar) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1323356101430120449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote>Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister told the AP he saw at least one person fired shots at people sitting outside bars in the street below the window."They were shooting at least 100 rounds just outside our building," Hofmeister said.The shooting took place the night before the country would go into a new national lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

At least 2 people dead and more than a dozen injured in Vienna terror attack

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Tuesday, the Austrian government announced an architecture firm had been chosen to convert the house where Adolf <keyword id="51920" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="hitler">Hitler</keyword> was born into a police station.</li><li>The government is converting the building to end <keyword id="552944" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="neo-Nazis">neo-Nazis</keyword> using it as a pilgrimage site.</li><li>"A new chapter will be opened for the future from the birth house of a dictator and mass murderer," Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters, according to the BBC.</li><li>Hitler was born in the house in 1889, but his family moved out several weeks later.</li><li>The government previously considered razing the building or turning it into a supermarket before settling on a police station.</li></ul>A plan to turn the yellow building where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station was unveiled on Tuesday, as <keyword id="21177" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Austria">Austria</keyword> aims to stop neo-Nazis from pilgrimaging to the birthplace of the former German dictator. Since the end of 2019, architecture firms have competed for the job of redesigning the three-story building based in downtown Braunau, near the Austrian-German border. On Tuesday, Marte. Marte Architects was announced as the winner out of 12 firms, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52890655">BBC</a>."A new chapter will be opened for the future from the birth house of a dictator and mass murderer," Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters.The winning design will update the facade of the building and redo the roof. The plan is meant to cost about $5.6 million and will be completed by 2023. <div type="image" title="View of the street in Austria with the birth house of Adolf Hitler, taken in 1939." height="735" width="1024" msid="76182183" hostid="261"></div>"The neutralization of this whole location was ultimately at the heart of this result," Austrian interior ministry official Hermann Feiner said.Hitler was born in the building in 1889, but his family moved out several weeks later and then left the city when he was 3 years old.Hilter showed no interest in the building for the remainder of his life. But it is one of many buildings throughout Germany and Austria that neo-Nazis have been interested in visiting. <div type="image" title="Protesters outside the house where Adolf Hitler was born during anti-Nazi protest in Braunau Am Inn, Austria, on April 18, 2015." height="721" width="1024" msid="76182185" hostid="261"></div>Deciding what to do with the structure has plagued the Austrian government for decades. Austria's Interior Ministry took over the lease in 1972, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/world/europe/hitler-birthplace-austria.html">The New York Times</a>, and rented it for about $5,300 a month. The government repeatedly tried to buy it since 1984, but the owner refused to sell. The building has remained vacant since 2011, according to the Associated Press.In 2016, the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance told the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36777163">BBC</a> an increasing number of people — tourists and Nazi sympathizers — were traveling to Hitler's first home. In 2017, the Austrian government seized the property, and provided compensation to the owner.The government considered demolishing the house but, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/razing-hitlers-house.html?_r=0">The New York Times</a>, it was a "damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't predicament": Either the building remained and risked attracting neo-Nazis, or it was razed and the government could be accused of denying history. After deciding against razing it, there was discussion of converting it into a supermarket or a museum. In the end, the government decided on a police station. <div type="image" title="A photo of a rendering of what the future police station will look like, taken on June 2." height="683" width="1024" msid="76182189" hostid="261"></div>"The future use of the house by the police should send an unmistakable signal that the role of this building as a memorial to the <keyword id="6511303" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="nazis">Nazis</keyword> been permanently revoked," Former Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Peschorn said in. statement in 2019.An anti-fascist stone memorial outside the building does not mention Hitler. It says: "For peace, freedom, and democracy. Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us."The memorial will be moved to a museum in Vienna. <div type="image" title="Hitler's birthplace, with a stone marker reading &quot;For peace, freedom and democracy. Never more fascism. Millions of dead warn.&quot;" height="768" width="1024" msid="76182197" hostid="261"></div>

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