Austria's deputy leader falls for Eiffel Tower hoax on Vienna attack


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  • Friday, 06 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: Austria's Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler speaks during a news conference, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Vienna, Austria October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) - The deputy leader of Austria's government told parliament on Thursday how moved he was by the fact that the Eiffel Tower had been lit up in Austria's colours after Monday's deadly attack in Vienna. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't.

The neutral nation of just under 9 million people was shaken by the first deadly militant attack on its capital in a generation, in which a 20-year-old jihadist opened fire on passersby and bars, killing four people.

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