Two of three alleged terrorists who were arrested before Christmas in a refugee accommodation in Vienna-Ottakring in connection with rumored plans to attack St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Cologne Cathedral must remain in custody for another four weeks. The Vienna regional court announced this on Monday.
After one of the suspects had already been released, the remaining two suspects were held in custody at the Vienna Regional Court on Monday. They are a couple from Tajikistan. The man (28) and his 27-year-old wife should remain in custody. The terror suspects were arrested in Ottakring at Christmas and taken into custody on December 25th because of the risk of escape, concealment and the risk of committing a crime. They are accused of belonging to a cross-country radical Islamist terror network. They are said to have been involved in plans to attack St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Cologne Cathedral.Terror suspects deny allegationsThe two Viennese terror suspects denied all allegations against them at the detention hearing on Monday afternoon, Salzborn said: “They continue to plead ‘not guilty’.” Regardless of this The two did not appeal against the court decision. The pretrial detention order is therefore legally effective until February 8th.
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