Police arrest 14 people after gunman kills four in Vienna

Austrian police arrested 14 people and searched 18 locations as part of a huge dragnet on Tuesday after a gunman killed four in a rampage in Vienna overnight.

Officials said there was no indication that more than one attacker was involved in the shootings after previously saying they believed there could be up to four attackers.

“The videos evaluated so far do not reveal any evidence of a second perpetrator. Because the evaluation has not yet been completed, however, we cannot finally say how many perpetrators are actually responsible for the crime,” said Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer.

The 14 people arrested are being questioned, according to the Interior Ministry.

One suspect armed with an assault rifle and handguns and wearing a dummy explosive vest was killed in the Monday evening incident, officials said.

The Interior Ministry identified the suspect who was killed as Fejzulai Kujtim, 20. He had North Macedonian roots and a criminal record for affiliation with a terrorist organization, officials said.

Nehammer said Kujtim was a sympathizer of the Islamic State militant group. He was killed nine minutes after police were called, police said Tuesday afternoon.

Police said they have searched Kujtim’s apartment though they did not give details of what they found. Officials are also combing through video footage of the event.

The shooting took place on the last night before Austria’s second coronavirus lockdown was set to begin, restricting access to nonessential businesses until the end of November.           (NBC News)