Austrian authorities arrest 16-year-old for planning synagogue attack - report

Authorities found images and video instructions on making bombs, weapons and ammunition which could have been used in the planned attack.

DECEMBER 11, 2023 20:02

Updated: DECEMBER 11, 2023 21:14

Police officers surround activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) during a protest for a speed limit on highways as well as for affordable public transport in Vienna, Austria May 16, 2023. (photo credit: Nina Riggio/Reuters) — Police officers surround activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) during a protest for a speed limit on highways as well as for affordable public transport in Vienna, Austria May 16, 2023.

(photo credit: Nina Riggio/Reuters)

Austrian authorities arrested a 16-year-old for planning to attack a synagogue in Vienna on Thursday, ABC reported on Monday afternoon citing the Associated Press.

The source also reported that authorities found images and video instructions on making bombs, weapons and ammunition which could have been used in the planned attack.

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People participate in a commemoration of the liberation of the former concentration camp KZ Mauthausen, at the memorial site in Mauthausen, Austria, May 7, 2023 (credit: REUTERS/LEONHARD FOEGER)

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This is a developing story.