3 killed in Vienna `terror` attack

 

Gunmen armed with rifles have opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna, killing at least three people and wounding several more.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it a "repulsive terror attack" and said one gunman was also killed.

Police were searching for at least one attacker who was still at large, the interior minister said.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer warned people to stay away from the centre of the city, adding that border checks were being reinforced and that children would not be required to attend school on Tuesday. 

Mr Nehammer said at the start of the news conference that “several” people had been killed.  An official later clarified that two people were dead, a civilian and a suspected attacker. 

“We have brought several special forces units together that are now searching for the presumed terrorists. I am therefore not limiting it to an area of Vienna, because these are mobile perpetrators,” Mr Nehammer earlier told broadcaster ORF.