Austrian police confirmed immediately that Vienna's well-known dances are the goal of a jihadist risk and that an important of them are being held underneath tight safety.
“Members of the Islamic State terrorist group repeatedly distribute on-line messages calling for assaults around the globe, together with Europe,” police wrote in an announcement.
“In one in every of these messages, which will be seen as a name” to take motion, “the 'Viennese dance season' was talked about alongside a number of occasions in america and Europe,” he added.
The forces of order recalled that they’ve labored out “normal procedures which are already applied for all main occasions organized within the capital, which may even be applied throughout the main dances.”
The announcement doesn’t present any clarifications relating to these measures, for safety causes.
Austria is formally on excessive alert already after the Hamas assault in opposition to Israel on October 7, 2023.
In December, Vienna police stepped up their presence at Christmas markets after an assault in Germany killed six individuals and injured greater than 200.
In 2020, 4 individuals have been killed in a jihadist assault in Vienna.
The dance custom remains to be very a lot alive in Austria, the place tens of hundreds of individuals dance the waltz yearly to the accompaniment of classical music.
The well-known Vienna Opera Ball takes place on February 27
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