A jury trial against alleged supporters of the Vienna attacker, who killed four passers-by and injured 23 people, some seriously, on November 2, 2020, in downtown Vienna before he was shot by the police, will open at the regional court on Tuesday. Six men between the ages of 22 and 32 are accused. According to the public prosecutor, they were not directly involved in the terrorist attack, but they are said to have helped the assassin in advance.
The main hearing will last several months, and the verdicts will be in February 2023 at the earliest. The defendants are mainly charged with the crimes of involvement in terrorist offenses involving murder, terrorist association and criminal organization. With their help, the assassin is said to have obtained his weapons and ammunition and was encouraged in his terrorist intentions. A 32-year-old of Chechen descent is said to have obtained a fully automatic assault rifle with the appropriate ammunition and a pistol and handed it over to the assassin. Only a few hours before the attack, the 32-year-old and a 24-year-old Afghan are said to have gone to the attacker’s apartment and helped him with the final preparations for the attack, in particular with the preparation and ammunition of the murder weapons and the production of a dummy explosive belt .
Source: Nachrichten
