After the incident in front of the Vienna City Temple on Saturday night (the “Krone” reported), according to police information, one of the suspects (17) was identified on Sunday. She and other people are said to have shouted inflammatory slogans and torn the Israeli flag, which was attached to an object belonging to the Israeli religious community, from its anchorage.
The investigators managed to track down the 17-year-old girl. She has already been questioned by the LVT Vienna about the allegations. Denies allegations of incitement. According to the officials, she confessed to damaging property. However, the girl would deny the allegations of incitement. She is said to have been heavily intoxicated at the time. In addition, she is said to have only met the other people shortly before the crime and, according to her own statement, they motivated her to commit the crime. The 17-year-old was reported to be at large. The investigation into the other suspects is ongoing. Incident causes general horror The incident in front of the synagogue on Saturday night caused horror in Vienna. Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) also “strongly condemned” the incident on Twitter (X). According to police, a witness to the incident wanted to stop a perpetrator on Saturday night. During the attempt he is said to have been stopped by several unknown people and beaten by a man. This left him injured in the face. 24-hour surveillance introducedThe police have now decided to permanently monitor the property. Not only on social media, but also from the SPÖ, the NEOS and parts of the coalition partner, criticism arose on Sunday as to why not even Vienna’s main synagogue was guarded around the clock.Karner defends the behavior of the policeInterior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) defended on Sunday the behavior of the executive, which was previously (at least visibly) only present during the synagogue’s opening hours. The police were aware that the danger to Jewish institutions was currently particularly great. Therefore, presence and covert presence have been increased. However, the priority was initially to protect people from, among other things, Jewish schools, shops and sports facilities. Karner also emphasized that he had exchanged views several times with the President of the Israeli Religious Community Oskar Deutsch because close coordination was important here. Pürstl also emphasized that there is close coordination not only with those responsible for state security and intelligence, but also with those in the Israeli religious community who are involved in security issues.
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