Vienna Pride assault deliberate by alleged IS sympathisers foiled by authorities

Authorities in Austria have mentioned they stopped a possible assault on Vienna’s Pride parade by three younger Islamic State sympathisers.

The suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, had been arrested initially of Saturday’s occasion, which is attended by round 300,000 folks, broadcaster ORF reported.

The intelligence service stored the suspects beneath “constant control” after receiving superior data of the alleged plans.

Various items of proof, together with weapons, had been uncovered throughout home searches on Saturday earlier than the arrest of the trio was ordered by the St Poelten public prosecutor’s workplace.

All three suspects, whose identities weren’t revealed, had been Austrian residents of Bosnian and Chechen origin. One of which was already identified to police.

Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria’s home intelligence service, mentioned they’d all radicalised on-line and sympathised with the Islamic State group.

Organisers had been solely knowledgeable in regards to the occasions on Sunday and didn’t wish to create panic amongst members.

“[There was] no danger for the participants of the parade at any time,” Mr Haijawi-Pirchner mentioned.