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Up to 15 People Injured in Attack on Church in Vienna (PHOTO)
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A group of unidentified assailants attacked a church in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Thursday, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported.
According to the outlet, two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in the afternoon as gunshots were heard.
The EKO Cobra federal police anti-terrorism unit and the SWAT team of the Vienna Riot Squad had arrived at the scene of the incident, the report said.
According to preliminary data, from eight to 15 people have been injured in the attack.
Commenting on the incident, the Russian Embassy in Austria said that the attack was presumably a robbery, involving the church staff.
"According to the currently available information, all the people injured as a result of the attack by unknown persons are staff of the Catholic church. The preliminary information indicates that it was a robbery. We are checking whether there are Russian citizens among those injured," the embassy's spokesman Bulat Haydarov told Sputnik.
Local police noted that the attackers may still hide on the premises of the church complex.
"We are talking about a large complex of buildings, at the moment it is possible that the criminals and their victims are still on the premises. The crime scene is cordoned off, our colleagues are conducting a search there," Vienna police said in its Twitter blog.
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Vienna church attack: 5 injured in suspected robbery by 2 assailants
Published time: 27 Dec, 2018 17:14 Edited time: 27 Dec, 2018 18:14
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The crime took place in broad daylight; the perpetrators broke into the Church of Maria Immaculata in Vienna’s district of Floridsdorf around 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT), police said in a statement.
The robbery lasted for hours, they reported, adding that police have also found “tied and [in some instances] heavily injured” monks only three hours later.
A large-scale manhunt was launched following the incident as major police forces were deployed to the scene as the area around the church was cordoned off. The officers also asked local residents to avoid the area and “let [our] colleagues do their job.”
In a follow-up statement, the police said that at least one of the attackers “demanded valuables and cash” from the monks. The investigators also said they are not treating the incident as a terrorist attack while also admitting that the exact motives behind the robbery are “still unclear.”
Police have confirmed that five people, all of them monks, were injured in the attack. One monk suffered serious injuries. A 68-year-old monk was at the premises of the church when the robbers broke in. They threatened the man with a firearm and forced him to lie on the ground.
The perpetrators then hit him and trampled upon him, inflicting serious head injuries, the Austrian Kronen Zeitung reports. Four more monks, who arrived at the church later, were also attacked and injured, police spokesman Harald Soeroes told Kronen Zeitung.
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The suspects are still on the run, their identities unknown. Soeroes described one of the suspects as a 5.9-feet tall man with dark hair. “Both men speak German and have a foreign accent,” the police spokesman said.
The incident comes less than a week after the Austrian capital was rocked by another high-profile criminal incident. One person was killed and one injured in a shootout at a popular tourist restaurant located in a historic quarter of Vienna. At that time, the incident was said to be a “targeted crime” while a terrorist motive was ruled out as well.
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Manhunt after monks injured in Vienna church robbery
Five monks were tied up and held for hours in incident that left one seriously hurt
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Police outside the church in Floridsdorf in Vienna where the robbery took place. Photograph: Ronald Zak/AP
Five monks have been injured, one seriously, during a robbery at a monastery church in a suburb of Vienna, Austrian police have said.
Two suspects fled the scene after ambushing the church in the northern suburb of Floridsdorf at about 1.30pm local time (12.30 GMT). They tied the monks up and held them for a number of hours, police said on Thursday.
The victims were found by officers at 4.17pm.
“As far as we know so far, at least one of the suspects demanded cash and valuables. The exact motive is not yet known. But we are ruling out a possible terrorist motive,” the police said, adding that a large-scale manhunt had been launched to find the suspects.
In a separate incident earlier on Thursday, Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral was evacuated after a bomb scare, but reopened about an hour later when no explosives were found.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ble-robbery-vienna-church-has-5-monks-n952396
Christmas week assault, possible robbery at a Vienna church has 5 monks held captive
Christmas week assault, possible robbery at a Vienna church has 5 monks held captive
The monks were found tied up at the church hours after the attack, police said.
Police stand outside a church after an attack in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 27, 2018.Ronald Zak / AP
Dec. 28, 2018 / 2:29 AM GMT+8
By Minyvonne Burke and Carlo Angerer
Five monks at a church in Austria’s capital of Vienna were held captive for hours Thursday by two suspects who are still at large, local police said. One monk was seriously injured during the attack.
The attack happened around 1:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET) at Maria Immaculata in Strebersdorf.
Vienna Police said in a series of tweets that two unidentified assailants entered the church with at least one of the suspects demanding money and valuables from the monks.
The monks were found tied up at the church hours after the attack, police tweeted.
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It’s not clear whether the suspects were armed. Police said the attack was not terrorism-related.
A motive for the attack, which happened days after Christmas, is not clear.
Up to 15 People Injured in Attack on Church in Vienna (PHOTO)
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Europe
20:06 27.12.2018(updated 21:39 27.12.2018) Get short URL
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A group of unidentified assailants attacked a church in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Thursday, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported.
According to the outlet, two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in the afternoon as gunshots were heard.
The EKO Cobra federal police anti-terrorism unit and the SWAT team of the Vienna Riot Squad had arrived at the scene of the incident, the report said.
According to preliminary data, from eight to 15 people have been injured in the attack.
Commenting on the incident, the Russian Embassy in Austria said that the attack was presumably a robbery, involving the church staff.
"According to the currently available information, all the people injured as a result of the attack by unknown persons are staff of the Catholic church. The preliminary information indicates that it was a robbery. We are checking whether there are Russian citizens among those injured," the embassy's spokesman Bulat Haydarov told Sputnik.
Local police noted that the attackers may still hide on the premises of the church complex.
"We are talking about a large complex of buildings, at the moment it is possible that the criminals and their victims are still on the premises. The crime scene is cordoned off, our colleagues are conducting a search there," Vienna police said in its Twitter blog.
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Vienna church attack: 5 injured in suspected robbery by 2 assailants
Published time: 27 Dec, 2018 17:14 Edited time: 27 Dec, 2018 18:14
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The crime took place in broad daylight; the perpetrators broke into the Church of Maria Immaculata in Vienna’s district of Floridsdorf around 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT), police said in a statement.
The robbery lasted for hours, they reported, adding that police have also found “tied and [in some instances] heavily injured” monks only three hours later.
A large-scale manhunt was launched following the incident as major police forces were deployed to the scene as the area around the church was cordoned off. The officers also asked local residents to avoid the area and “let [our] colleagues do their job.”
In a follow-up statement, the police said that at least one of the attackers “demanded valuables and cash” from the monks. The investigators also said they are not treating the incident as a terrorist attack while also admitting that the exact motives behind the robbery are “still unclear.”
Police have confirmed that five people, all of them monks, were injured in the attack. One monk suffered serious injuries. A 68-year-old monk was at the premises of the church when the robbers broke in. They threatened the man with a firearm and forced him to lie on the ground.
The perpetrators then hit him and trampled upon him, inflicting serious head injuries, the Austrian Kronen Zeitung reports. Four more monks, who arrived at the church later, were also attacked and injured, police spokesman Harald Soeroes told Kronen Zeitung.
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The suspects are still on the run, their identities unknown. Soeroes described one of the suspects as a 5.9-feet tall man with dark hair. “Both men speak German and have a foreign accent,” the police spokesman said.
The incident comes less than a week after the Austrian capital was rocked by another high-profile criminal incident. One person was killed and one injured in a shootout at a popular tourist restaurant located in a historic quarter of Vienna. At that time, the incident was said to be a “targeted crime” while a terrorist motive was ruled out as well.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ter-monks-injured-in-church-robbery-in-vienna
Manhunt after monks injured in Vienna church robbery
Five monks were tied up and held for hours in incident that left one seriously hurt
Agence France-Presse
Thu 27 Dec 2018 18.16 GMT Last modified on Thu 27 Dec 2018 18.30 GMT
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Police outside the church in Floridsdorf in Vienna where the robbery took place. Photograph: Ronald Zak/AP
Five monks have been injured, one seriously, during a robbery at a monastery church in a suburb of Vienna, Austrian police have said.
Two suspects fled the scene after ambushing the church in the northern suburb of Floridsdorf at about 1.30pm local time (12.30 GMT). They tied the monks up and held them for a number of hours, police said on Thursday.
The victims were found by officers at 4.17pm.
“As far as we know so far, at least one of the suspects demanded cash and valuables. The exact motive is not yet known. But we are ruling out a possible terrorist motive,” the police said, adding that a large-scale manhunt had been launched to find the suspects.
In a separate incident earlier on Thursday, Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral was evacuated after a bomb scare, but reopened about an hour later when no explosives were found.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ble-robbery-vienna-church-has-5-monks-n952396
Christmas week assault, possible robbery at a Vienna church has 5 monks held captive
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Christmas week assault, possible robbery at a Vienna church has 5 monks held captive
The monks were found tied up at the church hours after the attack, police said.
Police stand outside a church after an attack in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 27, 2018.Ronald Zak / AP
Dec. 28, 2018 / 2:29 AM GMT+8
By Minyvonne Burke and Carlo Angerer
Five monks at a church in Austria’s capital of Vienna were held captive for hours Thursday by two suspects who are still at large, local police said. One monk was seriously injured during the attack.
The attack happened around 1:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET) at Maria Immaculata in Strebersdorf.
Vienna Police said in a series of tweets that two unidentified assailants entered the church with at least one of the suspects demanding money and valuables from the monks.
The monks were found tied up at the church hours after the attack, police tweeted.
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It’s not clear whether the suspects were armed. Police said the attack was not terrorism-related.
A motive for the attack, which happened days after Christmas, is not clear.
