Isis has claimed responsibility for the terror attack that left four victims dead in Vienna.

In a propaganda statement, the group hailed the death and injury of 30 “crusaders” at the hands of a “soldier of the caliphate”.

Perpetrator Kujtim Fejzulai, who was shot dead by police during Monday night’s attack, had pledged allegiance to Isis in an Instagram post hours before the rampage and used the name Abu Dujana al-Albani.

The 20-year-old was jailed last year for trying to join the group in Syria but was freed in December, and deceived authorities by complying with a deradicalisation programme.

Isis shared a video of Fejzulai swearing loyalty to its leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, in Arabic and smirking as he signed off.

He was posing with the automatic rifle, handgun and machete he was armed with during the attack.

Fejzulai also wore a fake suicide vest, mirroring tactics used by numerous terrorists in recent attacks in the UK and other countries.

He struck in the Austrian capital’s busy nightlife district hours before enhanced coronavirus restrictions came into force.

Footage showed the gunman, dressed in white, firing off bursts apparently at random as he ran down cobbled streets.

Witnesses described dozens of screaming people fleeing the sounds of gunshots, while others barricaded themselves inside restaurants.

Earlier in the day, he posted photos on Instagram showing him posing with his weapons and pledging allegiance to Isis’s caliph.

Two men and two women were killed, including a German citizen, and a police officer was among 22 people wounded.

Fejzulai was known to security services because of a previous attempt to join Isis in Syria, which saw him jailed for 22 months in April 2019.

Source: Independent.co.uk