KEY POINTS:
- At least one person killed after shooting in Austrian capital Vienna
- Attacker shot indiscriminately at people
- This is the third terrorist attack in Europe in two weeks
One person has been confirmed dead and several others injured after an unknown gunman opened fire at a crowd of people in Vienna, Austria.
The country’s interior minister has described the incident as a terror attack, revealing that there were at least two gunmen involved in the incident.
The interior minister further disclosed that one attacker had died and another was on the run.
Austrian police have launched a large manhunt for the second suspect involved in the shooting.
Police have also urged people to avoid all public spaces in the area and not to take public transport.
The attack happened in a street near a synagogue, leading police to believe that the Jewish worship center was the target.
This is the third major attack in Europe in two weeks, last Thursday a knife attack at a church in Nice, France saw at least three people killed.
The attacker targeted a church, virtually beheading an elderly woman while shooting two others dead in the church.
Weeks earlier, an Islamist extremist beheaded a teacher outside his school in suburban Paris to punish him for showing the caricatures of prophet Muhammed.
