Austria: Intelligence Uncovers Weapons Cache Linked to Hamas in Vienna
The Austrian government announced on Thursday that the country's domestic intelligence agency has discovered a weapons cache in Vienna allegedly connected to the Palestinian organization Hamas. Authorities believe the weapons were intended for possible terrorist attacks in Europe.
“Based on the current state of the investigation, Israeli or Jewish institutions in Europe were likely targeted in those attacks.”
According to a statement by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, a 39-year-old British citizen was arrested in London on Monday due to suspected links to the weapons cache. The suspect’s name has not been officially disclosed, but later that day the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office identified him as Muhammad A., in line with its privacy regulations.
The ministry emphasized that this discovery was part of an international investigation led by the Austrian Security and Intelligence Directorate into a global terrorist network with operational connections to Hamas. Investigators suspect the group was involved in smuggling weapons into Austria for planned attacks across Europe.
Author’s Summary
Austria’s intelligence services uncovered a Hamas-linked weapons cache in Vienna, detaining a British suspect amid a broader international probe into possible planned terrorist attacks in Europe.