After the deadly attack on two mosques in new Zealand, the police in Austria, an apartment in Vienna is to search. According to the Ministry of the interior, Martin Sellner, co-founder of the “Identitarian movement Austria” (IBÖ) lives there. The alleged perpetrators of Christchurch, Brenton Tarrant, had donated before the fact 1500 Euro Sellner and his group.
According to the Graz public Prosecutor’s office it was during the search on Monday evening to the “suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization.” Sellners Computer and his phone were seized. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) called for any Connections between the person responsible for the act in Christchurch and the Austrian Identitarian “completely and relentlessly” educate.
According to the Prosecutor, Tarrant’s donation was the authorities have known for some time. As it turned out to be significantly higher than other donations to the IBÖ, whether they have been checked.
“I Have nothing to do with the attack”
Sellner self-published in the night of Monday to Tuesday a Video in which he admitted to have the donation a few months ago. Apart from a brief thank you email to Tarrant he had no contact with him. “I have nothing to do with this terrorist attack,” said Sellner. His group was a peaceful movement against immigration.
On Thursday, the interior had published on the Ministry’s findings, according to which, Tarrant during his journey through Europe in Austria, too, had stopped. According to media reports, he came on the 26. November in Vienna and then attended Salzburg, Innsbruck and Carinthia. In the attack on two mosques in Christchurch were on 15. March, 50 people were killed. (nlu/afp)
Created: 26.03.2019, 14:48 PM
