SHOCKING footage has emerged of people fleeing in terror as police rush an active shooter in Vienna.
Vienna shooting: Armed police on streets of Austrian capital
Terrifying footage has emerged on social media of Vienna as citizens duck for cover as shooting can be heard in the Austrian capital. Police were responding to reports of a shooting near a synagogue with fears it could be a terrorist attack. In the video, multiple shots can be heard causing pedestrians to duck for cover at a nearby bike rack.
In the video, two bangs can be heard before a barrage of shots follows afterwards.
After a few moments of silence, more bangs can be heard.
Police in Vienna have confirmed they are responding to a major incident in the city centre.
The city's force tweeted: "Urgent - Currently, there is a major police operation in the #InnerenStadt.
"We are increasingly on-site with our resources.
"More precise circumstances are currently being collected. As soon as we have more details, you will find out here."
The Austrian public broadcaster, ORF, reported a large-scale police presence near the synagogue near the centre of the city.
Sky News' Europe correspondent Adam Parsons did a rundown about the available information on the shooting.
He told Sky News: "The news coming out of Vienna at the moment is, as ever, a little confused.
"But what we do know for a fact is that the police have confirmed that there has been at least one, potentially several shooting incidents in the Austrian capital.
"One of these was either at the main central synagogue or the officer adjoining.
"The head of the Jewish community in Vienna has been on Twitter and saying it is still not clear whether the attack was on the offices or the synagogue.
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