Extremism - Attack in Vienna: Trial must be partially repeated
The trial surrounding the Islamist attack in Vienna in November 2020 must be reopened in part. The Supreme Court (OGH) partially overturned the guilty verdicts against five of the shooter's supporters following an appeal for annulment.
According to a statement from the Supreme Court, the convictions for the crimes of terrorist association and criminal organization were overturned. According to the Supreme Court, a mistake had been made in the legal instructions to the jury and a question regarding guilt or innocence had not been formulated in a sufficiently specific manner.
The trial for the attack, which left four people dead and more than 20 injured, ended in February 2023 with life sentences for two defendants and long prison sentences for others. The convictions for the commission of terrorist offenses in connection with participation in murder are final. The assassin was shot dead by the police.
The new trial will be limited to whether the men were part of a terrorist organization and a criminal organization, it was said.
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Source: www.stern.de
