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During the night of terror on November 2, 2020 in Vienna, he bravely intervened to save the life of a shot police officer by pulling him out of the danger area – and was also rewarded by the Mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig (SP) with the “Rescue Medal of the State of Vienna” honored.
In the sights of the Luxor investigators
Osama Abu El Hosna, who has been living in Vienna as a recognized refugee since 2013, is not allowed to become an Austrian citizen, how “profile” reported. According to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism (LVT) in Vienna, the native Palestinian is stepping up “associated with the terrorist group Hamas”. Which is why the responsible department of the Vienna City Council (MA 35) rejected Abu El Hosna’s application for citizenship.
In fact, Abu El Hosna was in the wake of “Operation Luxor”, the major raid against the Islamist scene in November 2020, was targeted by the Graz public prosecutor. The reason was his work in an aid association, which the investigators suspected, donated money to a “possible area of influence” forward to Hamas. However, the Regional Court of Graz dropped the case against Abu El Hosna because there was no evidence “which would carry the acceptance of membership in Hamas”. The investigations against the club were also discontinued.
“Pure arbitrariness of the LVT”
The Vienna State Police Headquarters therefore expressed no reservations about naturalization. The fact that the LVT continues to attribute Abu El Hosna to the Hamas environment is mentioned by his lawyer, the former SP State Secretary Muna Duzdar. “pure arbitrariness”. Across from “profile” she announced an official liability suit against the Republic, since her client would be financially damaged by the factually untrue LVT report.
Source: Nachrichten
