Austrian police say they foiled a planned attack on Vienna's Pride parade

Austrian authorities said Sunday they had foiled a possible attack on Vienna's Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly sympathized with the extremist Islamic State group.

The head of Austria's domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested before the start of Saturday's Pride parade, which was attended by around 300,000 people, public broadcaster ORF reported.
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The three suspects, Austrian citizens of Bosnian and Chechen origin whose identities were not further revealed, had radicalized online and sympathized with the Islamic State group
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The trio was arrested before the start of the parade by Austria's Cobra special forces.

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