(ETH) – There are reports emerging of a shooting incident in an Austrian synagogue, that has resulted in two deaths and several injured. Police have been reported on the scene.

According to the Times of Israel, The Kurier newspaper has reported that at least one of the fatalities was a police officer and that four people have been seriously injured in the attack in Seitenstettengasse. According to reports, There were multiple gunmen,

on the scene with some of them still at large, according to messages sent to members of the local Jewish community.  The Austrian’s Interior Ministry is also saying that one of the attackers has been killed and at least one could be on the run. The ministry said it hasn’t ruled out the possibility that these incidents were an act of terrorism.


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