The number of people killed in Monday night’s attack has risen to four, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said during a televised speech Tuesday morning.
Addressing the nation, Kurz said four civilians — an elderly man, an elderly woman, a young passerby and a waitress have been “killed in cold blood.”
He added that 14 other people were injured, some of them seriously. He said a police officer was among the injured. One of the attackers was killed by police on Monday evening.
Kurz said Monday’s shooting was “an attack on our free society” and said Austria would “defend its values.”
The chancellor announced a nationwide minute of silence in memory of the victims at 12 p.m. Vienna time on Tuesday.