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4 dead, 22 wounded in Austrian terror attack

A man who opened fire in central Vienna on Monday night while armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and a machete and wearing a fake explosive device was a 20-year-old Austrian citizen who had sought to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said in a news briefing Tuesday.
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A man who opened fire in central Vienna on Monday night while armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and a machete and wearing a fake explosive device was a 20-year-old Austrian citizen who had sought to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said in a news briefing Tuesday.

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Posted 2020-11-03T11:24:18-0500 - Updated 2020-11-03T11:26:05-0500