Austrian police thwart planned terrorist attack at train station


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  • Thursday, 20 Feb 2025

VIENNA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Austrian police have arrested a 14-year-old teenager who allegedly planned a terrorist attack at Vienna's West Train Station, the country's interior ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry said the suspect, an Austrian citizen, was arrested on Feb. 10. Austrian intelligence authorities had received information that the suspect had distributed radical Islamist content on social media.

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