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Austrian minister says 'Islamist terrorist' in Vienna attack, death toll rises to five

Police officers block a street after exchanges of gunfire in Vienna, Austria November 3, 2020. [Reuters, Radovan Stoklasa]

Hundreds of police fanned out across Vienna on Tuesday, searching for perpetrators of attacks that left five people dead in the city’s centre, after what a government minister said was an “Islamist terrorist” incident.

In an early morning televised news conference, Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer repeated calls for the public to stay off the streets.

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