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Jihadist situation in Austria "not quiet": intelligence director

Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The situation with jihadists in Austria is at present not to be underestimated, the head of the country's intelligence service said in an interview on Tuesday.

Speaking on the Oe1 Morgenjournal radio program, Director of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Peter Gridling warned that the situation is "by far not as quiet as one sometimes perhaps assumes."

There are presently some 150 people in the country with potential ties to terror. Nearly 300 persons have left the country to take part in Jihadist fighting, while a further 50 were prevented from doing so.

Terrorism is also a major threat to Austria, Gridling stated. Endit