Random Border Checks Introduced Along Austrian Border Following Vienna Shooting

Synagogues and Jewish buildings around the nation have heightened security in the wake of a shooting Monday evening at a Vienna synagogue.

Jsem zděšen z útoku na synagogu ve Vídni a chci vyjádřit solidaritu všem lidem v Rakousku a svému příteli @sebastiankurz.

— Andrej Babiš (@AndrejBabis) November 2, 2020

“The embassy in Vienna is finding out information and verifying whether the attack did affect Czech citizens,” wrote Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček (ČSSD).

Multiple gunmen opened fire in central Vienna on Monday night, killing at least four people, including a police officer, government officials said. They said that one attacker had been killed.

At least 17 people were wounded in the attack and were being treated in hospitals, according to the spokesman for the local hospital association. At least seven of the injuries were serious, according to Vienna’s mayor.

The attack began at about 8pm on Monday when several suspects armed with rifles started opening fire in Seitenstettengasse, police said. Shots were fired in “six different locations”, it added.

Namátkové kontroly na bývalém hraničním přechodu v Mikulově pokračují i dnes ráno. Kvůli včerejšímu incidentu ve Vídni policisté zpřísnili režim na pomezí s Rakouskem. Pokud policisté auto zastaví, jeho řidič si vystoupí, otevře kufr a po krátké kontrole odjíždí @iROZHLAScz pic.twitter.com/9qSoSoVLYV

— Petr Tichý (@TichyCRo) November 3, 2020