Austria · Vienna
How Vienna responded to the November 2020 shooting
Four people were killed and 23 injured in the attack in central Vienna on 2 November 2020.
Timeline
- 2 November 2020: The central Vienna shooting kills four people and injures 23.
- September 2021: A dedicated fund expands victim support, according to the interior ministry.
What police documented
Austria’s interior ministry traces the first emergency call to shortly after 8 p.m. Police received about 2,000 more calls before midnight. The ministry describes how dispatchers had to distinguish eyewitness information from mistaken or misleading reports.
People killed4
People injured23
What the figures cover
The ministry identifies the attacker as a sympathiser of Islamic State. A police officer was among the injured. A later ministry account describes victim support through general crime victim services, counselling and a dedicated fund. Interior ministry response report