Rabbi who witnessed Vienna terrorist attack testifies on BFMTV

Schlomo Hofmeister, a rabbi who witnessed one of the shootings during the terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday evening, told our antenna that he saw people flee, pursued by “one or two assailants” armed with “big guns”.

A terrorist attack left several injured and several dead on Monday evening in the center of Vienna, Austria. Schlomo Hofmeister, a rabbi who witnessed one of the shootings, explained on our antenna that he “heard gunshots” and saw an assailant “enter several bars and restaurants”.

“I heard gunshots downstairs. I looked out my window and saw one of the attackers enter several bars and restaurants, all of which are lined up along the street. were fleeing in all directions and there were one or two assailants chasing them in the street. It was large caliber, they fired at least a hundred shots in front of the building, “he said. indicated.

This shooting took place in the immediate vicinity of a synagogue, without it being known this Monday night whether this place was precisely targeted, and whether the attack was anti-Semitic in nature.

The “last night before confinement”

Schlomo Hofmeister stressed that it was the “last evening before confinement” in Austria. “A lot of people probably wanted to take advantage of this last evening to be able to go out. Many of them were seated on the terrace,” he remarked.

One of the attackers was killed by the police, authorities reported on Twitter, explaining that the attack, targeting 6 different locations, was carried out by several people. “At least one suspect is on the run” after the shootings Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told a press conference the night of Monday to Tuesday.