“there were several exchanges of fire. There are several injured people. We are on duty with all possible forces. Please avoid all public places in the city.”
Here is a footage from Vienna. Several gunshots heard.
Another footage from Vienna. More gunshots
WOW, you can clearly see the possible attacker in this footage from Vienna
UPDATE: Vienna shooting
• An Austrian newspaper reports that 7 people were killed in the shooting attack in Vienna
• Reports citing Interior Ministry says one police officer was seriously wounded and suspect is captured
Head of the Jewish community in Austria : Temple in Vienna and the adjacent offices were closed at the time of the shooting and it is not clear if it was the target.
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• 20 buildings collapsed in 7.0M quake
• Sea surge videotaped
• At least five people were rescued from under the rubble
• France, Greece offer help
• Erdogan: emergency services are in action
NEW — Russia and Turkey have signed a contract for the supply of the second batch of S-400s, Rosoboronexport general director Alexander Mikheev said.
• Financial models for the payment are currently discussed
• Turkey paid $2.5bn for the first contract for 4 divisions — Ria
Turkey has received only two divisions of S-400s in 2019 which cost around $1.3billion.
• Second batch of S-400s, which is two additional divisions that would cost $1.2 billion, would now will be on its way to Turkey once the payment is secured.
BREAKING — Director-General of the Lebanese Public Security: What happened [in Beirut] is not a fireworks explosion, but a high-explosive material that was confiscated for years — Al Jazeera
JUST IN: Lebanese PM’s wife, daughter and consultants were slightly injured in Beirut explosions, per LBCI
BREAKING — The Beirut explosion caused by highly explosive sodium nitrate confiscated from a ship more than a year ago and were placed in one of the warehouses located in the port — Sources to LBCI
NEW — Turkey lashes out at the UAE for its statement accusing Ankara of interfering with Arab countries.
• “UAE statement is ugly/untruthful”
• “UAE is funding terrorists such as Al Shabab”
• “we invite UAE to know its place, stop hostile attitude”
— MFA
Turkish response to the UAE:
• Turkey has been always respectful to political and territorial unity of Arab countries
• UAE tries to hide its destructive activities in Libya by issuing untruthful allegations against Turkey
• UAE is backing coupists in Libya
— MFA
Gloves are off.
Turkish statement is really harsh. Basically accusing UAE of arming terrorists in the Horn of Africa and conducting destabilising activities in Syria and Yemen.
NEW — Turkey bans Saudi state media outlets such as @OKAZ_online and @spagov in a tit-for-tat development.
Saudi govt last week banned Arabic editions of publicly owned Turkish news outlets.
Turkey also blocked Saudi funded The Independent’s Turkish edition
Badr bin Saud, a Saudi Royal, wrote on April 13 on @OKAZ_online that the establishment of The Independent Turkish was part of the “permanent solution to deal with Turkey by transferring the battle to the land of the adversary”