Austrian authorities have closed a mosque and promised to shut down more in the wake of deadly terror attack in the capital Vienna.
On Monday November 2nd four people were killed by a lone gunman with links to radical Islamic group ISIL.
The attacker, identified 20-year-old Austrian Macedonian Kujtim Fejzulai, was killed by police during the assault.
The Monday shooting was Austria’s first big attack in decades, and as a result authorities decided to act promptly.
The Interior Ministry on Friday announced that the country had closed one mosque and will order the closure of more mosques that it deems a threat to national security.
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The mosque was closed for having links with the gunman who was involved in Monday’s deadly shootings.
This is not the first time Austria is closing mosques over national security threats, In 2018 the European nation shut down seven mosques and expelled imams who it said were funded by foreign countries.
The Austrian government said then that 60 of the country’s 260 imams were being investigated, of whom 40 belong to ATIB, an Islamic organisation in Austria close to the Turkish government.
Meanwhile the investigation into the November 3rd attack in Vienna continued on Friday with authorities in the neighboring Germany carrying out raids on people with suspected links to the ISIL attacker.
Related: One dead several injured in Vienna terror attack
