Islamist meeting underscores Austrian intelligence failure over attack

European Council President Charles Michel and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attend a wreath laying ceremony at the site of a gun attack in Vienna, Austria, November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA (Reuters) - The scale of Austria's intelligence failure before last week's deadly jihadist attack in Vienna became clearer on Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed the attacker had taken part in a large meeting in the summer that included Islamists from abroad.

Austria has acknowledged that "intolerable mistakes were made" in the handling of intelligence on the attacker, a convicted jihadist, who killed four people in a shooting rampage in the city centre last Monday.