Vienna Church Attack Presumably Robbery, Victims Are Church Staff - Russian Embassy

Vienna Church Attack Presumably Robbery, Victims Are Church Staff - Russian Embassy

The Russian Embassy in Austria believes that the Thursday church attack in Vienna was a robbery with all those injured being the church's staff, embassy's spokesman Bulat Haydarov told Sputnik.

VIENNA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th December, 2018) The Russian Embassy in Austria believes that the Thursday church attack in Vienna was a robbery with all those injured being the church's staff, embassy's spokesman Bulat Haydarov told Sputnik.

"According to the currently available information, all the people injured as a result of the attack by unknown persons are staff of the Catholic church. The preliminary information indicates that it was a robbery. We are checking whether there are Russian citizens among those injured," Haydarov said.

Earlier in the day, local media reported that a group of unidentified assailants attacked a church in Austrian capital of Vienna injuring up to 15 people.