The congress of Jehovah’s Witnesses takes place in Vienna on Sunday with increased security measures. Reason: On Friday, two explosive devices on vehicles belonging to members of the religious community exploded in Leibnitz, Styria. The investigations are therefore still in full swing.
The large bilingual congress of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium continued on Sunday with increased security measures. The day before, two explosive devices on the cars of members of the religious community detonated in southern Styria. The connections are still unclear. An unknown person had reportedly planted the explosive devices while the owners of the vehicles were at a prayer time of the religious community “Jehovah’s Witnesses”. Nobody got hurt. Whether there is a connection with the religious community is still being examined. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (LVT) has set up its own investigative team. “No 0815 explosive devices” meanwhile, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (LVT) and explosives experts in Leibnitz continue to investigate. According to police spokesman Markus Lamb, a relatively large number of parts of the explosive devices were secured. The individual parts should now be reassembled as far as possible for a reconstruction. It is now clear that it was “not run-of-the-mill explosives or simple firecrackers,” says Lamb: “They could have done more damage than they ultimately did.” have, will be analyzed. According to Lamb, the motive is still unclear. Therefore, environmental surveys would now be conducted. Members of Jehovah’s Witnesses are also being interviewed, as are neighbors. Investigators are still hoping for possible eyewitnesses who saw suspicious people.
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