Austria terror attacker ‘pretended he had given up jihadism’

Kujtim Fejzulai deceived mentors in deradicalisation programme, minister says

An Islamic State-supporting gunman who killed four people and injured 22 others in an attack in central Vienna on Monday night deliberately deceived" his mentors in a deradicalisation programme to feign a renunciation of jihadism, Austria's interior minister has said.

The 20-year-old dual Austrian and North Macedonian citizen, named as Kujtim Fejzulai, was shot dead by police nine minutes after opening fire in the Austrian capital's first district at 8pm.