On November 2, 2020, a lone jihadist, identified as Kujtim Fejzulai, of dual Austrian-N. Macedonian origin, carried out a terror attack in Vienna, which resulted in four dead victims. The terrorist was killed by police.
This week, a trial opens against a jihadist "preacher" who authorities believe helped radicalize the killer.
The below article from today's Heute (Austria) is translated by Fousesquawk. As is the custom in Europe, the defendant's name is not given.
https://www.heute.at/s/islamprediger-in-wien-wegen-terror-vorwurfs-angeklagt-100231451
October 5, 2022, 12:59
Islam preacher of Vienna attacker now in court
He reportedly radicalized young men in his apartment, among them, the attacker of November 2, 2020. He now faces a long imprisonment.
Under the strictest security precautions, the trial against the suspected contact man of the Vienna attacker is taking place on Wednesday. The defendant allegedly was active as an Islamic preacher in his apartment in St. Pölten (Lower Austria) and radicalized young men for the so-called "Islamic State" jihad.
The indictment describes the man as, "an aspiring jihadist preacher who was just at the beginning of his "career". He reportedly spread his poisonous ideology, among others, to the terrorist who later carried out the attack on November 2, 2020, in Vienna's central city with four dead. Investigations could not prove, however, that the defendant had any direct involvement in the terrorist attack.
Wanted to become a radical-Islamist mastermind
According to the prosecution, a group of young men in the circle of the Vienna attacker saw the defendant as (being in) a "leading ideological position". The aim was reportedly to become the next radical-Islamist mastermind after the preacher Mirsad O.
The indictment (charges), among others, membership in a terrorist organization, whose punishment is between 2-10 years.
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