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Vienna attack: Austria admits failing to act on Slovak warning on gunman
Source: BBC
Austria's interior minister has admitted that a warning from Slovakia last summer about a gunman who went on the rampage in the centre of Vienna was not followed up.
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Reports suggest the trip to buy bullets failed as the gunman had no licence.
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According to German media, the 20-year-old, who was shot dead by police nine minutes after the attack began, travelled to neighbouring Slovakia to buy ammunition for a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle but returned empty-handed.
Slovak police said they had informed their Austrian colleagues immediately, adding they would not comment further.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54810906
Massive fuck-up. He had just been released from a sentence for trying to joins ISIS, and this wasn't picked up?