Two Killed In Terror Attack In Austrian Capital Vienna, Many Injured

VIENNA || Two persons, including an assailant were killed in a gun fire in centra Vienna late on Monday, police said. Austrian authorities have described this as a "repulsive terror attack".

Police said there was "one deceased person" and several injured, including one police officer. Meanwhile, one suspect was "shot and killed by police officers," Vienna police said on their Twitter account.

The attack had been carried out by "several suspects armed with rifles", and police added that there had been "six different shooting locations".

Gunshots were fired at around 8:00 pm local time (1900 GMT), beginning at the Seitenstettengasse in the city's centrally-located first district.