Vienna's dead terrorist identified as 20 yr old Kurtin S., born and raised in Vienna, with Albanian roots in North Macedonia. He was one of the 90 Austrians who were prevented from traveling to Syria, was on the radar of intel service
apparently being reported that weapons seized after Vienna attack came through Slovakia. Police working on a dozen of suspects, understandably very reserved
Kurtin S. would have traveled in July to Slovakia with a friend to get ammunitions for his assault rifle. The car belonged to the mother of one of the numerous suspicious contacts (a Kosovar), all of whom are known in the radical scene amp.heute.at/s/so-kam-terro…
the Vienna terrorist ‘fooled’ the de-radicalization program and according to MoI there'd be no indications to believe that he did not act alone. Contradictory versions, not clear how one attacker on foot could hit in 6 distinct locations in 8 minutes. Daesh claims the attack.
here they come: extreme right and neofascists mobilise for march in downtown Vienna on Thursday night
while Austrian police's activity intensifies against suspected radicalized islamists, there remains doubts about the dynamics of Vienna attack. How did the terrorist got on the Seitenstettengasse, in the first place? No car was found, who drove him? Why did the search continue?
moreover, authorities spoke of six active areas during the attack. The attacker, who appears to have been on foot, was declared to have been active for 8 minutes before being gunned down. some witnesses reported to have seen two men running #ViennaAttack
meanwhile the far right felt the smell of blood and keeps campaigning on it. On Sunday a nazi dressed like a muezzin crossed Vienna's downtown airing shootings as soundtrack before being escorted away by the police. Not the first time nazis camouflage
Many look at #Italy's struggle vs #COVID19 for reference. A few thoughts about the decree that is about to quarantine Regione Lombardy (10M inhabitants) + some other northern cities. First, don't forget that right now it's a draft version leaked to the press (common in Italy)
with S Korea, Italy is the first democracy (+ EU member) swept by the epidemic. Its figures give indications about how the problem is transparently addressed in a non-authoritarian context. Dilemmas regarding public health capacity, people's mobility, etc
Italy #COVID2019 lethality % vis-à-vis diagnosed infection cases is higher than Korea. Many refer to Italy's aging population as a key factor, but remember also that at the end of February Italy changed its testing policy, limiting tampons to symptomatic cases (strictly speaking)